The folks at Pew Internet and American Life Project have released the full results of their study examining teen privacy in social networks. I looked at the preliminary results here a few months ago, and was impressed by teen privacy utilization.
I feel the same way now, looking over this analysis. From the study, teens seem to have developed a nuanced, culturally-informed viewpoint on how to engage in social networking sites. They largely share information with their friend groups, and have a good understanding of what information is important to protect (at least according to our society’s norms).
I’ll likely dive into this analysis later in the day when I find some free time, but I wanted to share this right away. With all of the hysteria and fear generated by media reports about social networks, this Pew report is a refreshing sanity check. The kids, in fact, are all right.
Tags: pew, social networks, statistics, survey
