teens & mobile phones: exploring safety issues as mobile phones become the communication hub for...
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Teens & Mobile Phones:Exploring safety issues as
mobile phones become the communication hub for
American teens
Amanda Lenhart/Pew InternetFOSI
November 2010Washington, DC
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Sexting“sending or receiving a sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude photo or video of yourself/someone you know”
Teens 12-17• 4% have sent sexts• 15% have received sexts• Oldest teens most likely,
youngest least likely to have sent or received sexts– 4% of 12 year olds have
sent or received– 8% of 17 year olds have
sent, 30% have received.
• No gender diff in sending or receiving among teens.
Adults 18+• 6% have sent sexts
– 13% of 18-29 have sent
– 5% of 30-49 have sent– African Americans
more likely to have sent
• 15% have received– 31% of 18-29 have
received– 17% of 30-49 have
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Sexting
Teens 12-17• 17% teens who pay for
the full cost of their phone send sexts vs. 3% of others.
• Sending texts, unlimited texting increase likelihood of receipt.
Adults 18+• All increase likelihood
of receipt of sexts:– Male – Single, separated
or divorced– African American
or Hispanic– Income LT $30K
• African Americans more likely to send sexts than whites.
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Teens & Mobile Phones
Geo-location? Twitter?
• 4% of American adults use geo-location or geo-social applications
• 8% of Americans 18-29 use geo-apps• What about teens? • 8% of teens use twitter, but…• What might use or increased use mean
for cyberbullying, harassment, dating violence? But also parental monitoring?
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Amanda LenhartPew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Projecthttp://pewinternet.org@amanda_lenhart
photo by arcticpenguin