You know all the talk about how teens can be mean and use social networking sites for bullying? Well—it’s true, they can—but a new study finds that, actually, most teens have positive experiences with social networking. The study, from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project, found that a healthy 70 percent of [...]
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Parents: ‘Friend’ Your Teen’s Social Media Use
September 9th, 2011 by Tara Cousineau, PhD · No Comments · All Things BodiMojo, Parent Talk, Tech Talk, Teen Health Talk, Teen Talk
Here’s part two on the Columbia University research on teens and social network, which reported that seven out of 10 teens use social networks on a typical day. No surprise there. The researchers found, however, a disturbing association of behaviors when comparing teens who don’t spend time on social networking sites in a typical day [...]
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