New study suggests teens may be smarter than they get credit for

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A just released study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that "some 55% of online teens have profiles and most of them restrict access to their profile in some way. Of those with profiles, 66% say their profile is not visible to all internet users. Of those whose profile can be accessed by anyone online, nearly half (46%) say they give at least some false information. Teens post fake information to protect themselves and also to be playful or silly."

The study also reports that 32% of teens receive some kind of online communications from stranger, not necessarily dangerous and not necessarily from an social networking site but that 2/3 of those teens just delete or ignore the communications.

Overall, the results are quite positive. I had a chance to talk about them with study co-author Amanda Lenhart. You can listen to the interview here.

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Larry
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Edited by Larry at 04/18/2007 4:25 PM

Last Post Apr 20, 2007 5:34 AM by: utinker

utinker

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Re: New study suggests teens may be smarter than they get credit for

Apr 20, 2007 5:34 AM

Positive news is always great to hear. Lets hope the trend continues. I am putting together a few questions to do a walk around survey in my town. I'm just going to ask kids a few quick questions and see what I see. Should be interesting. I hope to talk to at least 100 children and utilize that information in my presentation. We will see how it goes. I am going to ask Pew Internet & American Life if I may utilize their information. Thank you for providing it here Larry. Have a great day.

Larry

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