Is Talking Online to Unknown People Always Risky? Distinguishing Online Interaction Styles in a National Sample of Youth Internet Users | Zendy

Janis Wolak | Zendy; David Finkelhor | Zendy; Kimberly J. Mitchell | Zendy

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Is Talking Online to Unknown People Always Risky? Distinguishing Online Interaction Styles in a National Sample of Youth Internet Users

Author(s) -

Janis Wolak,

David Finkelhor,

Kimberly J. Mitchell

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

cyberpsychology and behavior

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1557-8364

pISSN - 1094-9313

DOI - 10.1089/cpb.2007.0044

Subject(s) - the internet , psychology , sample (material) , internet users , online participation , internet privacy , face (sociological concept) , social psychology , computer science , sociology , world wide web , social science , chemistry , chromatography

We examined the risk of unwanted online sexual solicitations and characteristics associated with four online interaction styles among youth Internet users. The interaction styles took into account the people with whom youth interacted online (people known in person only, unknown people met through face-to-face friends, unknown people met in chatroom, and other places online) and high- and low-risk patterns of online behavior. The aim was to provide a basis for identifying which youth may be most at risk from interacting online with unknown people.

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