Simply having a social media profile does not make teens more likely to be bullied online

Anoshua ChaudhuriAssociate Professor of Economics Anoshua Chaudhuri co-authored a study that showed that demographics and online behavior play a larger role in online bullying than having a social media profile. The study was published in a peer-reviewed journal Children and Youth Services Review in Feb 2011. It has been in the most downloaded article since it got published and was recently picked up by the LSE blog. 

Source: LSE Blogs, 09/24/2014