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"Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View Their Digital Lives is the latest research report from Common Sense Media's Program for the Study of Children and Media. We surveyed over 1,000 13- to 17-year-olds nationally to understand how they perceive social media (like Facebook and Twitter) affects their relationships and feelings about themselves."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Common Sense Media published this resear.ch in June 2012. Some of the information may suprise you. The link is to the research paper. To view the infographic click on this link: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/teen-social-media-infographic. 
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"For the vast majority of teens, social and other digital communications media are a daily part of life."
Again, this statistic report shows the popularity of public profiling among teens from 13-17 years. 91% of teens have experience using social media, and 51% of teens use a social networking site daily. With such statistics we can consider the social pressures and influence that virtual communication and public profiling has on the younger generation. Though this article doesn't look at the positives and negatives of social media interaction for this particular age group, it is clear to see that having an active public profile on the web is common, if not expected of the younger generation, for the purpose of communication and web literacy.
In understanding how a younger generation operates and interprets public profiling, is to gain a better understanding of web systems, their function and purpose, and of the direction of today's society.
This article provides insight obtained by research, on how teenagers in America perceive and use the internet regarding social media.
Very interesting study on how teens view their social media accounts and online identity.