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In The Blogosphere, Girls Rule

Though the overall number of blogging teenagers has risen, far more girls than boys between the ages of 12 and 17 have blogs. But don't expect them to email you about it.The numbers come from Pew Internet's "Teens and Social Media" report, which details the results of a phone survey of nearly 1,000 teens conducted in December 2006.

Teens Use IMs To Avoid Awkward Conversations

A new Associated Press-AOL Instant Messaging Trends Survey released today finds that forty-three percent of teen IM users have used instant messaging to say something they would not say to someone in person.

Strangers A 'Cost of Doing Business' On MySpace

The latest report from Pew Internet and American Life Project confirms what might be common sense about teens and social networking, but also has a couple of surprises. The not-a-shocker news: photos and social networking profiles increase the likelihood your son or daughter is approached by a creep.

Teens Not Loyal To One Social Network

If a social network user is dedicated enough to use two social networks concurrently, it might not be all that surprising that those same networkers spend, on average, more time at both sites. Networkers are networkers after all.

MySpace, Say Anything But That

There's no need to get Tipper Gore involved or anything. No need to relive that old Twisted Sister mess. But neither MySpace, Fox, nor the band in question has returned requests for comment, and usually, if somebody doesn't want to talk about it, then it probably should be talked about.

Education Popular Topic With Online Teens

Ninety-six percent of U.S. teens and tweens with online access use social networking functions, such as chatting, text messaging, blogging and visit online communities such as Facebook and MySpace according to new study by the National School Boards Association and Grunwald Associates.

Green Teens More Engaged Online

Around 38 percent of all online teens say they are concerned for the environment, and 15 percent are hardcore Green Teens, according to a new report from JupiterResearch "Green Teens: Reaching a Trendy, Engaged Audience Online."

Tech Tries Targeting Teens Technologically

Marketing discussions and efforts at gaining the attention of the elusive teen market take different forms, in looking at how one Internet titan and one relative newcomer give it a try.

Mashup and Marketing to Teens

Ever feel like you don’t have your finger on the pulse of the “Y” generation?

Teens And Cyberbullying

Around one third (32%) of all U.S. teenagers who use the Internet say they have been harassed online in a variety of ways according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report "Cyberbullying and Online Teens."