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How Risky Are Social Networking Sites? A Comparison of Places Online Where Youth Sexual Solicitation and Harassment Occurs

Ybarra, Michele L., Mitchell, Kimberly J.·2008·Pediatrics
DOI 10.1542/peds.2007-0693
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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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  1. Wolak J, Mitchell K, Finkelhor D. Online Victimization of Youth: 5 Years Later. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Bulletin #07-06-025. Alexandria, VA: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; 2006

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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)
ORCID
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
DOI
10.1542/peds.2007-0693
OpenAlex
W2025496001
Cited by
367
References
27
Citations by year
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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 › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › 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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