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Data suggests that adolescents are both comfortable with new technologies, and yet not always as technically savvy as we collectively believe them to be. Read our teens research summary.

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2007

  • Media Mention

    Web's Now The Playground For Kids Who Like To Bully

    Jun 27, 2007

    "The teenage years are just as cruel as ever, except now they're online — which can make matters worse.

    Cyberbullies have picked on about two-fifths of teen girls and a quarter of teen boys, a poll of nearly 900 Internet users in that age group shows....

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    Cyberbullying Bad, But Not That Bad

    Jun 27, 2007

    "Cyberbullying may not be as widespread as feared, as most teenagers are more worried about old-fashioned pushing and shoving than online tormenters, according to a new study.

    Still, about one-third of all teenagers say they've been bullied through th...

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  • Report

    Cyberbullying

    About a third of online teens say they have been targets of online harassement. Older girls and intense internet users are the most likely to report these experiences.

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  • Commentary

    Briefing Panelists Debunk Online Safety Myths

    The main point of the recent congressional briefing panel was to stop the misinformation and obfuscation around the issue of online child victimization, and to focus on the facts and observations that had emerged from our collective research.

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    Teens Aware of Online Dangers

    May 3, 2007

    " Although most teens don’t disclose personal information on public areas of social networking sites, they still think predators can seek them out based on the limited information they reveal, says a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Proj...

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    Teens surprisingly wary in cyber world: They hang out with kids they know in real life, survey finds

    Apr 19, 2007

    " Describe intimate emotions; obscure identifying details; scatter occasional disinformation.

    That, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, summarizes the strategy that today's teens use to win acceptance from cybe...

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    Teens get hip to exercising caution when online

    Apr 19, 2007

    " When Autumn Smith joined social-networking site MySpace a few years ago, she filled her online profile with all sorts of details: her hometown, the name of her high school, her year in school, her friends, her job, her hobbies, even the car she dri...

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  • Media Mention

    Private, Public Or Somewhere In Between

    Apr 19, 2007

    "Today, the amazing folks at The Pew Internet & American Life Project, published their latest report on exactly this issue, showing the many shades of grey around young people's sense of public and private. Overall, the report shows a generation begi...

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    Teens Are Careful With Their Online Information

    Apr 19, 2007

    " Most teens are not as careless as is generally perceived when it comes to managing their personal online information according to a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

    The report titled "Teens, Privacy and Online Social Ne...

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  • Report

    Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks

    The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults.

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    More in: Teens, Social Networking, Identity, Safety

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DATA POINT

77%

of Americans say free access to computers and the internet is a “very important” service of libraries.

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