Protecting Teens Online

Presents findings from a survey conducted between October and November 2004. Looks at the growth in the use of filters to limit access to potentially harmful content online in internet-using households with teenagers aged 12-17

Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity 1996-2011

Analyzes characteristics of new business owners in 2011 and 1996-2011 trends in entrepreneurship by demographics, education, industry, state, and metro area. Finds entrepreneurial activity down from 2010 but at higher rates than before the recession

Teens and Sexting

Presents findings from a survey of 12- to 17-year-olds on trends in and attitudes toward "sexting" -- the use of cell phones to create, share, and forward sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images. Considers implications and parents' roles

Where teens seek online privacy advice

OverviewMany teens ages 12-17 report that they usually figure out how to manage content sharing and privacy settings on their own. Focus group interviews with teens suggest that for their day-to-day privacy management, teens are guided through their choices in the app or platform when they sign up, or find answers through their own searching and use of their preferred platform.At the same time, though, a nationally representative survey of teen internet users shows that, at some point, 70% of them have sought advice from someone else about how to manage their privacy online. When they do seek outside help, teens most often turn to friends, parents or other close family members.About the survey These findings are based on a nationally representative phone survey of 802 parents and their 802 teens ages 12-17. It was conducted between July 26 and September 30, 2012. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish and on landline and cell phones. The margin of error for the full sample is ± 4.5 percentage points. In collaboration with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard, this report also includes insights and quotes gathered through a series of in-person focus group interviews about privacy and digital media, with a focus on social networking sites (in particular Facebook), conducted by the Berkman Center’s Youth and Media Project between February and April 2013. The team conducted 24 focus group interviews with a total of 156 participants across the greater Boston area, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara (California), and Greensboro (North Carolina).Authored by Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden, Sandra Cortesi, Urs Gasser, Aaron Smith

Teen Content Creators and Consumers

American teenagers today are utilizing the interactive capabilities of the internet as they create and share their own media creations. Fully half of all teens and 57-percent of teens who use the internet could be considered Content Creators. They have created a blog or webpage, posted original artwork, photography, stories or videos online or remixed online content into their own new creations.Teens are often much more enthusiastic authors and readers of blogs than their adult counterparts. Teen bloggers, led by older girls, are a major part of this tech-savvy cohort. Teen bloggers are more fervent internet users than non-bloggers and have more experience with almost every online activity in the survey.Teens continue to actively download music and video from the internet and have used multiple sources to get their files. Those who get music files online believe it is unrealistic to expect people to self-regulate and avoid free downloading and file-sharing altogether

Social Networking Websites and Teens

Presents findings from a survey that examines how Americans ages 12-17 use online networking to make new friends and maintain existing personal relationships. Explores attitudes toward restricting access to personal online profile information

Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet's New Storytellers

Presents findings from a survey that explores how a group of mostly youthful writers and creators are using the new medium of blogging to express their creativity by documenting and sharing their personal experiences

How Americans Use Instant Messaging

Presents findings from a survey conducted in February and March 2004. Looks at the frequency of instant message use compared with email, and the growth of its use in the U.S. workplace

Teens and Distracted Driving

Presents survey findings on teenagers' ownership and use of cell phones for text messaging and incidence of texting or calling while driving; of riding with distracted drivers, including parents; and of distracted drivers endangering themselves or others

The Internet and Education

Presents findings from a survey of online youth and their parents, conducted between November and December 2000. Looks at how the Internet has become increasingly important for teenagers as an essential study aid both outside and inside the classroom