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Media Mention
Donna Howell, Investor's Business Daily
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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Bob Sullivan, MSNBC.com
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
Jun 27, 2007Amanda Lenhart
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
May 14, 2007Amanda Lenhart
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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Media Mention
Debra Lau Whelan, School Library Journal
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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Andrew D. Smith,, Dallas Morning News
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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Ellen Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
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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Anastasia Goodstein, Totally Wired
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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Mike Sachoff, WebProNews
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
Apr 18, 2007Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden
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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