New research shows that "sexting"is not as common among young peopleas earlier findings suggested.Last week the Crimes Against Children Research Centerat the University of New Hampshire released two studies.The researchers interviewed more thanone thousand five hundred Internet usersbetween the ages of ten and seventeen.Just two and a half percent of them saidthey had either sent or received naked picturesover their mobile phones or the Internet.Earlier surveys had suggested that as many astwenty percent of teens were involved in such activities.But one problem is that some of those findingsincluded young adults -- eighteen- and nineteen-year-olds.Dan Rauzi is senior director for technology programsfor the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.He says another problem is confusionamong teenagers about what exactly "sexting" means.DAN RAUZI: "For example, the University of New Hampshire study-- what they found was that what some teenscalled sexting were really maybepictures of themselves in a bathing suit."Mr. Rauzi says these and other suggestive imageshave sometimes been reported as sexting.Marian Merritt is the Internet safety advocatefor the computer security company Norton.She says the New Hampshire researchersconsidered this confusion in the latest research.MARIAN MERRITT: "They segmented the really most egregiousor dangerous kinds of images people might be postingand sending from texts that might be more suggestive."Ms. Merritt says very few of the imagesin this latest study would have been considered illegal.MARIAN MERRITT: "The kinds of images or videosthat might constitute child pornography is very low.It's only one percent.So the good news is it's a very rare phenomenonand most young people are not engagingin these kinds of behaviors."Everyone knows young people are early adapters of technology.Dan Rauzi say their experimentationoften raises concern with adults-- like the recent fears about sexting.But it also has another effect.DAN RAUZI: "We get a new technology in and teens,they push that envelope and in some waysas a society help us see all of the possibilitieswith new technologies, as well."The new study appeared in the journal Pediatrics.In a second study, the New Hampshire researchersfound that very few sexting cases investigatedby police led to arrests.Marian Merritt is glad about that.MARIAN MERRITT: "The other bit of good newsis that over the last several yearswe've seen law enforcement across the countrystart to take a more modulated approach,and not going for full enforcement of,you know, a mistake - a momentary lapse in judgmentfrom young people who don't understand the powerof the images they may be sharing."And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report,written by June Simms.Next week, we'll talk more about teens and technology,including a practice known as "cyberbaiting."