Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 Facts on Cyberbullying Ronald Lee, Psy.D. Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project Parents and Teens Survey, Oct-Nov Based on online teens (N=886)

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 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).

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 Demographics: Teens Who Create Profiles Online Gender: –Boys (51%) –Girls (58%) Age: –12-14 (45%) –15-17 (64%*) Age by Gender: –Boys aged (46%) –Girls aged (44%) –Boys aged (57%) –Girls aged (70%*) * Indicates statistically significant differences

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 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%)

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 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%)

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 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

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 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%).

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 Common Forms of Cyberbullying 32% of teens online have experienced some form of cyberbullying: –15% by , 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 , IM, or text message –6% by someone posting an embarassing picture of them online without their permission

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 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.

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 Gender Differences of Victimization Type of CyberbullyingBoysGirls Posting private messages13%17% Threats/Aggressive messages10%15% Spreading Rumors9%16%* Posting Embarrassing Pictures`5%7% Some form of Cyberbullying23%36%* *Indicates statistically significant difference.

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2006 Social Network Users versus Non-Social Network Users Type of Cyberbullying Social Non-Social Network User Network User Posting private messages17%12% Threats/Aggressive messages16%*8% Spreading Rumors16%*8% Posting Embarrassing Pictures 9%*2% Some form of Cyberbullying39%*23%* *Indicates statistically significant difference.