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How teenagers weigh perceived risks versus benefits in what they reveal online. Many teenagers supply false information in order to protect their identity which makes online advertising less effective towards them. Also, study indicates that how savvy a teen is in regards to thinking critically about the intent of advertisements and the strategies companies use offline the more they were able to identify the same tactics online.

The article looks at how social media sites such as Facebook have changed the way teenagers view privacy. The authors argue that teenagers do care about privacy and have developed mechanisms that allow them to maintain their privacy while still participating in online environments. They also suggest that our understanding of online privacy should shift from an individual context to incorporate a "networked context".

Some useful tips not just for teenagers, but for any users of social media looking to protect their privacy and online. I particularly liked the tip on modeling proper social media use for teens. The district I am in has blocked all social media sites (even Pinterest!) and so the students use VPNs to get around the blocks instead of allowing teachers and others to realistically demonstrate how to navigate social media sites in a healthy way it becomes something that is forbidden to be on.

Did you see that study on privacy in the digital age? If you're wondering which one, there's a good reason for that. Every few months, a new study hits the press about how different generations relate to privacy and so far, the results have been all over the map.

A study into how teenagers and college students often view privacy settings on Facebook and their audiences on Twitter in terms of social identity without realizing how much can be datamined for advertisement purposes.

This article looks at the youngest users of technological media and the division between "digital natives and digital immigrants." Digital natives have a lower risk perception of friending and contacting people online. Education is suggested to understand the gravity of carrying out inappropriate online behaviors.

Cheating in American high schools is widespread if not endemic. And it usually works. That's the report card from American teenagers. In an exclusive ABCNEWS Primetime poll of 12- to 17-year-olds, seven in 10 say at least some kids in their school cheat on tests. Six in 10 have friends who've...