Amanda Lenhart
Amanda Lenhart
Amanda Lenhart is a senior research specialist at the Pew Internet & American Life Project who resides in Washington, D.C. She has published numerous articles and research reports, many of which focus on teenagers and their interactions with the internet and other new media technologies...
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We're seeing things that have always happened before, with teens saying and doing inappropriate things. They just didn't happen in such a public way.
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Teens feel more comfortable online because it is not a physical world to them. While they may be exposed to advances or images they don't like, they don't feel that they will be physically harmed because they know how to block offensive users in chat and they believe it would be hard for predators to track them down.
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Teens are very selective -- they're smart about their technology use. They use it for the kinds of things they need to do.
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It's replaced the mass e-mail or even the phone chat. They use them to reinforce the connections they have.
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It's the digital equivalent of the corkboard on the door. It's the idea that you're constantly connected even if you're not at your computer.
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The filtering companies have stepped into the breech. Technology is an appealing fix.