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! This revised 5-page fact sheet defines online sexual solicitation and cyberbullying; explains the risk factors and negative effects of these communications; and outlines effective ways to protect youth from harm. Written by Kate Fogarty and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2011.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy848