Teen Behavior and Experiences on Social Networking Sites
View of Teens on Their Own Peers
- 20% of teens think that their peers are mostly unkind on social networking sites.
- Younger teen girls are more likely to say that peers are mostly unkind than other groups (39% of younger teen girls compared to 9% of younger teen boys, 20% of older teen girls, and 18% of older teen boys).
- This is a Wordle composed of what teens commonly thought of others:
Negative Experiences While Online:
- 41% of social media using teens reported specific negative experiences on social networking sites.
- 25% of social media using teens reported negative online experiences resulting in a face to face argument or confrontation with someone else.
- 22% of social media using teens reported negative online experiences resulting in the ending of a friendship with someone else.
- 13% of social media using teens reported negative online experiences resulting in making such person nervous about going to school the next day.
- 13% of social media using teens reported negative online experiences resulting in causing a problem with such teen’s parent(s).
- 8% of social media using teens reported negative online experiences resulting in a physical fight with another person.
- 6% of social media using teens reported negative online experiences resulting in getting such teen in trouble at school.
Witnessing of Online Cruelty and Meanness:
- 12% of teens witness online cruelty and meanness frequently.
- 27% of teens witness online cruelty and meanness sometimes.
- 47% of teens witness online cruelty and meanness once in a while.
How Cyberbullying Occurs:
- 18% of teens have claimed to have experienced mean or cruel behavior on a social networking site.
- 9% of all teens said that they have been bullied by text message during the period from July 2010 to July 2011.
- 8% of all teens said that they have been bullied online during the period from July 2010 to July 2011.
- 7% of all teens said that they have been bullied by phone calls during the time period from July 2010 to July 2011.
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