When compared with older users, young adults are more likely to restrict what they share and whom they share it with. “Contrary to the popular perception that younger users embrace a laissez-faire attitude about their online reputations, young adults are often more vigilant than older adults when it comes to managing their online identities,” said Madden.
via pewinternet.org
If you subscribe to the media stereotype of young people wantonly discarding their privacy and baring their all to the online world, you’d better read this study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
