"Survey reveals teens’ experiences on social networking sites"

The findings are detailed in a new report called “Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites: How American teens navigate the new world of ‘digital citizenship,’” from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

Social media use is widespread among teens. Fully 95 percent of all teens ages 12-17 are now online, and 80 percent of online teens are users of social media sites. Teens of all ages and backgrounds are witnessing these mean behaviors online and are reacting in a variety of ways:

Ninety percent of teen social media users say they have ignored the mean behavior they have witnessed on a social network site.

Eighty percent say they have personally defended a victim of meanness and cruelty.

Seventy-nine percent say they have told someone to stop their mean behavior on a social network site.

Twenty-one percent say they have personally joined in on the harassment of others on a social network site.

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