Executive Summary
This publication is part of a series of discussions on understanding teen sexuality.
If you believe e-mail, blogs, text messaging, instant messaging, social networking sites, and 3-D virtual worlds (with avatars) are a completely harmless way for teens to communicate, think again! Most teens have Internet access at home, school and most everywhere with smart phones (cell phones with texting and Internet access), netbooks, and laptops.
The Internet provides opportunities for private communication in the form of text updates, blogs, and chat rooms.
