Among teens who are on the Internet, activities include:

• Blogging: 35 percent of teen girls, 20 percent of teen boys
• Posting photos on-line: 54 percent of girls, 40 percent of boys
• Posting videos on-line: 19 percent of boys, 10 percent of girls

Is Cyberbullying a Problem?
Though cyberbullying in the teen world has been a hot news item in recent years, do most teens face very much bullying on-line?

A May 2009 report by Pew Research found:

• 32 percent of teens have experienced on-line harassment.
• 15 percent have reported having private material forwarded without permission, via instant message, text message, or E-mail.
• 13 percent have received threatening messages.
• 13 percent have had someone spread a rumor about them on-line.
• 6 percent have had someone post an embarrassing photo of them without permission.
• Mid-teens (ages 14-17) are the age of greatest prevalence of on-line harassment, or bullying.
• Perpetrators of on-line bullying are generally the same age as their victims.

Frequency of victimization among 11-16 year olds:

• 27 percent of 11-16 year olds experience victimization less than once a month, 5 percent once or twice a month, 3 percent once or twice a week, and 3 percent experience it every day.
• Older girls report more on-line harassment.
• 38 percent of all girls on-line report experiencing harassment.
• Social network users are more likely to report online harassment.
• Most teens (67 percent) think bullying and harassment happens more offline.
• School is the most common place youth report being bullied (31 percent).
• 13 percent report being bullied on-line.
• 59 percent of internet harassment comes from other minors.
• Bullied teens have higher levels of depression or other psychological problems, substance abuse, delinquency, weapon-carrying, poor parent relationships, offline victimization or abuse.