Mini media moguls: teens on the Web.

• Author: Howley, Kerry
• Position: Brief Article

IN A SPEECH at the Kaiser Family Foundation last March, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) warned that "media in kids' lives is a moving target." A new survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project suggests that it's the kids themselves who are moving and dominating.

According to the study, 57 percent of teens who are online (and 50 percent of all teens) have created content for the Internet, meaning that they've authored a blog, created a Web page, shared original work over the Web, or remixed existing work online. "Teens are not content to consume online content passively," researchers explain.

The...