Donnerstag, 3. Mai 2007

Pew Internet and American Life Project

"Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks: How teens manage their online
identities and personal information in the age of MySpace"
The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the
information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze
of strangers, parents and other adults. While many teens post their
first name and photos on their profiles, they rarely post information on
public profiles they believe would help strangers actually locate them
such as their full name, home phone number or cell phone number.

At the same time, nearly two-thirds of teens with profiles (63%) believe
that a motivated person could eventually identify them from the
information they publicly provide on their profiles.

A new report, based on a survey and a series of focus groups conducted
by the Pew Internet & American Life Project examine how teens,
particularly those with profiles online, make decisions about disclosing
or shielding personal information.

Some 55% of online teens have profiles and most of them restrict access
to their profile in some way. Of those with profiles, 66% say their
profile is not visible to all internet users. Of those whose profile can
be accessed by anyone online, nearly half (46%) say they give at least
some false information. Teens post fake information to protect
themselves and also to be playful or silly.

Here is a link to the complete report:
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/211/report_display.asp

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