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Adolescents’ Experiences of Online Harms by Platform

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2026.4692

September 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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The findings suggest that negative online experiences are commonly reported by US adolescents and vary across platforms and subgroups of adolescents. Measuring the prevalence of negative online experiences is feasible and analogous to public health risk monitoring frameworks.

Corresponding Author: Angela Y. Lee, PhD, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vilas Hall 5170, Madison, WI, 53705 (alee327@wisc.edu).

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