Pew’s 59% combines six experiences: offensive name-calling, false rumors, unsolicited explicit images, constant monitoring-type questions, physical threats, and nonconsensual sharing of explicit images. The survey covered 743 teens.
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 59% of U.S. teens have personally experienced at least one of six types of abusive online
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Pew’s 59% combines six experiences: offensive name-calling, false rumors, unsolicited explicit images, constant monitoring-type questions, physical threats, and nonconsensual sharing of explicit images. The survey covered 743 teens. “Nearly 60%” is accurate only under Pew’s broad six-item definition, not CDC’s narrower electronic-bullying measure.