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Pew Teens & Cyberbullying

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Geo
US
Year
2022
N
1,316
Ages
13-17
Per-app coverage
No
Harms
Offline—

Notes · Probability (Ipsos KnowledgePanel)

References

  1. Vogels (2022)— Report

    Vogels, E. A. (2022). Teens and Cyberbullying 2022. Pew Research Center.

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  2. Vogels (2022) — Topline— Topline (questionnaire)

    Vogels, E. A. (2022). Teens and Cyberbullying 2022 — Topline Questionnaire. Pew Research Center.

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Study details & methodology

Name
“Pew Research Center, December 2022, "Teens and Cyberbullying 2022"”
Country
“For this analysis, we surveyed 1,316 U.S. teens.”
Publication year
“FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 15, 2022”
Fieldwork dates
“The survey was conducted online by Ipsos from April 14 to May 4, 2022.”
Sample size
“For this analysis, we surveyed 1,316 U.S. teens.”
Age range
“The survey is weighted to be representative of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 who live with parents by age, gender, race, ethnicity, household income and other categories.”
Sampling
“Ipsos recruited the teens via their parents who were a part of its KnowledgePanel, a probability-based web panel recruited primarily through national, random sampling of residential addresses.”

Probability-based, address-based recruitment; teens reached via parents.

Harms measured

Bullying
“Thinking about your experiences online or on your cellphone, which of the following, if any, has ever happened to you personally?…” “Been called offensive names”“Been threatened with physical harm”“Had someone spread false rumors about you”Response options: Yes, this has happened to me online or on my cellphone / No, this has not happened to me online or on my cellphone / No answer

TOH3 items a–c cover name-calling, threats and false rumors. Other items in this question cover unwanted contact and non-consensual sharing of intimate images, cited below.

Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII)
“Thinking about your experiences online or on your cellphone, which of the following, if any, has ever happened to you personally?…” “Had someone share explicit images of you without your consent”Response options: Yes, this has happened to me online or on my cellphone / No, this has not happened to me online or on my cellphone / No answer

TOH3 item d asks about explicit images of the respondent shared without consent.

Contact
“Thinking about your experiences online or on your cellphone, which of the following, if any, has ever happened to you personally?…” “Had someone send you explicit images you did not ask for”“Had someone, other than a parent, constantly ask where you were, who you were with or what you were doing”Response options: Yes, this has happened to me online or on my cellphone / No, this has not happened to me online or on my cellphone / No answer

TOH3 items e and f cover receiving unwanted explicit images and persistent monitoring by someone other than a parent.