Making news this week is a recently-released Pew study that reports teen trends and attitudes on social media sites. The study, entitled "Teens, kindness and cruelty on social network sites," is a collection of interviews with 799 teens aged 12-17 and includes results from focus groups and phone surveys. Primary findings show that 95% of all teens access….read more

Is social networking making your kids less aware - or less affected by - inappropriate language and offensive slurs? According to a recently-released study from the Associated Press and MTV, most young people aren't offended by discriminatory slang used online, including racial slurs and sexist insults. It seems as though today's….read more

The latest study about social networking and kids in the digital age was recently presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association last weekend. Titled "Poke Me: How Social Networks Can Both Help and Harm Our Kids," the study findings were shared by Larry Rosen, a social media researcher from California State University. Rosen addressed both….read more