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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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Media Mention
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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Media Mention
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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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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Presentation
Feb 13, 2007Amanda Lenhart
Teens and parents are taking steps both technical and non-technical to protect themselves/teens online, including on social networking websites.
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Presentation
Jan 25, 2007Susannah Fox
The base of the internet is broadening to include more people with less education than ever before, while older Americans are still overwhelmingly offline. Internet users who have experienced spyware act differently online from those who have not. Th...
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Media Mention
Chris Cobbs, Orlando Sentinel
Jan 8, 2007
"Teens may be looking for new friends or searching for their identity. They may want to assert their independence, or maybe just flirt.
Their reasons vary, but more than half of the nation's online youth ages 12 to 17 are connecting with one another v...
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Elise Ackerman, The Mercury News
Jan 8, 2007
"Who says teens don't care about online privacy?
Since MySpace.com took off three years ago, parents have fretted about online risks to their children's safety, requesting meetings with local police and school officials to talk about Internet predator...
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