Personal Information of Adolescents on the Internet: A Quantitative Content Analysis of MySpace

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By Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin Many youth have recently embraced online social networking sites such as MySpace (myspace.com) to meet their social and relational needs. While manifold benefits stem from participating in such web-based environments, the popular media has been quick to demonize MySpace even though an exponentially small proportion of its users…

Cyberbullying: An Exploratory Analysis of Factors Related to Offending and Victimization

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By Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin Victimization on the Internet through what has been termed cyberbullying has attracted increased attention from scholars and practitioners. Defined as “willful and repeated harm inflicted through the medium of electronic text” (Patchin & Hinduja, 2006), this negative experience not only undermines a youth’s freedom to use and explore…