Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 Facts on Cyberbullying Ronald Lee, Psy.D. Source:...

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006

Facts on CyberbullyingRonald Lee, Psy.D.

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project Parents and Teens Survey, Oct-Nov. 2006. Based on online

teens (N=886)


What is a Social Networking Site?

An online location where an Internet user can create a profile and build a

personal network that connects him or her to other Internet users

(e.g., MySpace and Facebook).


Demographics: Teens Who Create Profiles Online

• Gender: – Boys (51%)– Girls (58%)

• Age: – 12-14 (45%)– 15-17 (64%*)

• Age by Gender:– Boys aged 12-14 (46%)– Girls aged 12-14 (44%)– Boys aged 15-17 (57%)– Girls aged 15-17 (70%*)

* Indicates statistically significant differences


Demographics: Teens Who Create Profiles Online (Continued)

• Household Income – Less than $50,000 (55%)– $50,000 or more (56%)

• Race/Ethnicity– White, non-Hispanic (53%)– Non-white (58%)


Teens and Social Networking• 55% of teens have created

a personal profile online or used social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook

• 66% of teens who have created a profile say that their profile is not visible by all internet users

• 48% of teens visit social networking websites daily or more often

• Older girls (15-17) are more likely to have used social networking sites and online profiles (70%)


Managing Friendships Online

• 91% of all social networking teens use their sites to stay in touch with friends they see frequently

• 82% use it to stay in touch with friends they rarely see in person

• 72% of all social networking teens use the sites to make plans with friends

• 49% use the sites to make new friends


Gender Differences with Social Networking

• Just 17% of all social networking teens use the sites to flirt

• Older boys who use social networking sites are more than twice as likely as older girls to say they use the sites to flirt (29% to 13%)

• Older boys are more likely than older girls to use social networking sites to make new friends (60% to 46%).


Common Forms of Cyberbullying32% of teens online have experienced some form of cyberbullying:

– 15% by email, IM or text messaging, someone forwarding to someone else and/or posting it where others could see it

– 13% by someone spreading a rumor about them online

– 13% by someone sending them a threatening or aggressive email, IM, or text message

– 6% by someone posting an embarassing picture of them online without their permission


Gender Differences of Teens who Experience Cyberbullying

• Girls, age 15-17: 41%*

• Boys, age 15-17: 29%

• Girls, age 12-14: 34%

• Boys, age 12-14: 22%

*Indicates statistically significant difference.


Gender Differences of Victimization

Type of Cyberbullying Boys Girls

• Posting private messages 13% 17%

• Threats/Aggressive messages 10% 15%

• Spreading Rumors 9% 16%*

• Posting Embarrassing Pictures ` 5% 7%

• Some form of Cyberbullying 23% 36%*



Social Network Users versus Non-Social Network Users

Type of Cyberbullying Social Non-Social Network User Network

User

• Posting private messages 17% 12%

• Threats/Aggressive messages 16%* 8%

• Spreading Rumors 16%* 8%

• Posting Embarrassing Pictures 9%* 2%

• Some form of Cyberbullying 39%* 23%*


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