How Risky Are Social Networking Sites? : A Comparison of Places Online Where Youth Sexual Solicitation and Harassment Occurs
PEDIATRICS Vol. 121 No. 2 February 2008, pp. e350-e357
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/121/2/e350
Michele L. Ybarra and Kimberly J. Mitchell
"Recently, public attention has focused on the possibility that social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are being widely used to sexually solicit underage youth, consequently increasing their vulnerability to sexual victimisation. Beyond anecdotal accounts, however, whether victimisation is more commonly reported in social networking sites is unknown."