Teens' Behavior On Facebook Is Antisocial: Report

Almost nine out of every teenagers have behaved cruelly toward others on social networks.

Nearly nine out of every ten teenagers have witnessed cruelty to others on social networks or treated others that way.

That disturbing statistic appears in a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, in conjunction with the Family Online Safety Institute and Cable in the Classroom.

Among the concerning numbers drawn from the survey:

  • 88 percent of social media-using teens have witnessed other users being mean or cruel on social networks;
  • 15 percent have been the target of online meanness;
  • More teens reported positive personal outcomes than negative ones from interactions on social networks — 78 percent reported at least one good outcome, while 41 percent mentioned at least one negative outcome;
  • 25 percent have had an experience on a social network that resulted in a face-to-face argument or confrontation with someone;
  • 22 percent have had an experience that ended their friendship with someone;
  • 13 percent have...
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