How Risky Are Social Networking Sites? A Comparison of Places Online Where Youth Sexual Solicitation and Harassment Occurs
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Objective Recently, public attention has focused on the possibility that social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are being widely used to sexually solicit underage youth, consequently increasing their vulnerability to sexual victimization. Beyond anecdotal accounts, however, whether victimization is more commonly reported in social networking sites is unknown. Participants and methods The Growing up With Media Survey is a national cross-sectional online survey of 1588 youth. Participants were 10- to 15-year-old youth who have used the Internet at least once in the last 6 months. The main outcome measures were unwanted sexual solicitation on the Internet, defined as unwanted requests to talk about sex, provide personal sexual information, and do something sexual, and Internet harassment, defined as rude or mean comments, or spreading of rumors. Results Fifteen percent of all of the youth reported an unwanted sexual solicitation online in the last year; 4% reported an incident on a social networking site specifically. Thirty-three percent reported an online harassment in the last year; 9% reported an incident on a social networking site specifically. Among targeted youth, solicitations were more commonly reported via instant messaging (43%) and in chat rooms (32%), and harassment was more commonly reported in instant messaging (55%) than through social networking sites (27% and 28%, respectively). Conclusions Broad claims of victimization risk, at least defined as…
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Current data suggest that online harassment is not as common as offline harassment, and participation in social networking sites does not put most children at risk of online harassment.
“Current data suggest that online harassment is not as common as offline harassment, 15 and participation in social networking sites does not put most children at risk of online harassment. 16”
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- Authors
- Ybarra, M. L., & Mitchell, K. J.
- Affiliations
- Internet Solutions for Kids, Inc, Santa Ana, California
- University of New Hampshire (US)
- Venue
- Pediatrics
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Published
- 2008-02-01
- Volume
- 121
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- e350-e357
- ISSN
- 0031-4005 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-4275
- OpenAlex
- W2025496001
- Cited by
- 367
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 25 · 2012: 40
- FWCI
- 91.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- PEDIATRICS (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U49/CE000206-02)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Keywords
- social networking sites, online sexual solicitation, online harassment, MySpace, Facebook, instant messaging, chat rooms, cyberbullying, online mental health services
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Public Policy, Social Behavior, Social Support, United States, Sexual Harassment, Crime Victims, Internet
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