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School of Education (HGSE) researchers analyzed 2,000
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stories about digital dilemmas posted anonymously by
teens to the MTV website Over the Line, and found that
the digital stresses that teens typically
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mediafell into one of six categories, including cyberbullying or being impersonated. The study, titled Digital
Stress: Adolescents Personal Accounts, was published online last month in the
journal New Media & Society.

Researchers sorted the stresses into two groups: Type 1 stressors include experiences
such as receiving a barrage of personal attacks, being impersonated, or being outed,
shamed, or humiliated publicly. Type 2 stressors involve a controlling boyfriend,
girlfriend, or friend constantly breaking into ones social-media accounts to read
digital communications with others; feeling smothered by the quantity of digital
communications from friends; and feeling pressure to reveal private information.

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One example of a Type 2 stressor for adolescents, the researchers pointed out, is
sexting. Our analysis revealed that sexting nude photographs, for example, often
begins as a way to signal trust and commitment, Weinstein said in a press release.
However, the analysis of the anonymous teens personal accounts reveals how
surprised teens are when these expressions of connection so easily become public.
Since we began this new work a year ago, Weinstein said in the release, we have
been amazed at the desire on the part of parents as well as professionals to not only
have this information, but to understand its implications. Their study, the

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researchers say, can be used by teens as well, and could lead to better interventions
and support for adolescents growing up in an increasingly digital world.

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Philip Bond

Age has its benefits. Unsure how I would handle growing up in these times. Its a
tough world we create for our children, reducing the time they are allowed to be
children.

Bob Anderson

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This sounds like a good start to an important inquiry. I wish the authors the best in
researching this fundamental phenomenon.

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