E-Personas: 56% of online teens in the US have more than one email address or screen name and most use different screen names or email addresses to separate different parts of their lives online, or so that they can experiment with different personas. 61% of boys have more than one address; almost 25% have 4 or more. 50% of online girls have more than one screen name or email account and nearly 20% have more than 4 online identities. The most active internet users are the most likely of all to have multiple addresses. Of those with multiple addresses, nearly 25% say that at least one of those addresses is a secret address they use when they do not want their friends to know that they are online. (Pew Internet & American Life: Teens & Their Friends 12/04)
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