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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"sexting"”.
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Sexting as Moral Panic: An Exploratory Study into the Media's Construction of Sexting
<p>This paper presents a study of sexting as a socially constructed moral panic. Central to a social construction of moral panic perspective is the role the media plays in creating the panic. The purpose of this exploratory study was to make sense of the phenomenon of sexting by analyzing media …
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Factors Affecting Sexting Behaviors Among Selected Undergraduate Students
… of this study was to assess attitudes toward sexting, subjective norms toward sexting, self-esteem levels, sexting behavioral intentions, and sexting behaviors (i.e. sending, posting, or sharing/forwarding sexually suggestive messages, nude/semi-nude pictures/videos, or both) among selected …
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Hvað áttu við með sexting? Orsakir og afleiðingar af stafrænum kynferðislegum samskiptum unglinga
Hugtakið sexting er notað um það þegar stafræn skilaboð eru send á milli einstaklinga sem eru kynferðislegs eðlis og oft á tímum myndefni sem sýnir nekt eða kynferðislega hegðun. Tilgangur þessa verkefnis er að varpa ljósi á hugtakið sexting og draga fram hvaða þættir það eru sem hafa áhrif á …
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Perceptions of Sexual Violence: An Investigation of Sexual Harassment, Sexual Coercion, and Sexting
… forms of sexual harassment, sexual coercion, and sexting as inappropriate, and how these perceptions are affected by sex, age, and relationship status. A mixed sample of undergraduate students and adults within the community completed an online survey with 10 short vignettes (nine depicting …
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Let's talk about sext : gendered millennial perceptions of sexting in a cyborg society
… has become 'normal'. The controversy surrounding sexting stems from contemporary literature and media portraying it as coercive, harmful and unacceptable, with particular reference to young females. Qualitative data on this phenomenon is extremely limited and biased, potentially resulting in …
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Attitudes to sexting amongst post-primary pupils in Northern Ireland : a liberal feminist approach
… confident, dominant, and equal. However, in sexting research (Ringrose et al., 2013; 2012), girls and boys still inhabit contradictory positions as to what it means to be a girl and a boy in this era. This thesis focuses on attitudes to sexting amongst young people in Northern Ireland about …
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The prevalence and characteristics of sexting behaviours among adolescents and adults in Cape Town, South Africa
'Sexting' is defined as the act of sending sexually suggestive text messages (SSTMs), or the self-generation of nude or semi-nude images (NSNIs) and sending them to others via digital devices. It has recently emerged as a risk behaviour, particularly as it relates to adolescent sexuality. The …
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The mobile pillars of sexual relationships. Pleasures and pressures: the practice of sexting in a gendered society amongst young people in South Africa.
… investigates the diverse practices of sexting within the context of youth culture in South Africa. There is not yet a clear consensus on the definition of “sexting”, but in this case, it is understood as sending and receiving messages or images via social media that have sexual content, …
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Scripts, selfies and sexting: exploring young women’s engagement with the internet and social media in Northern Ireland
This research investigated how girls and young women across Northern Ireland engaged with the internet and social media to express their gender and sexuality in an era of online communication. The study is informed by data collected through eighteen focus group discussions with 196 girls and young …
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A Survey of the Practices and Perceptions of Students in One Catholic High School on the Use of the Internet in Relation to Safety, Cyberbullying, and Sexting
… Internet usage, safety, cyberbullying, and sexting. An online survey was used to collect data from 483 students who were enrolled in a Catholic high school that employs 1-to-1technology.</p> <p>Survey data revealed that teens used the Internet everyday and 96% used social media. Eighty …
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Empirical Assessment of Lifestyle-Routine Activity and Social Learning Theory on Cybercrime Offending
… harassment, stalking, impersonation, and sexting. Self-report surveys collected from a sample of 274 college students were examined using a negative binomial statistical analysis to determine possible relationships between risky online and offline lifestyles as well as social learning …
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An exploratory study of parents’ experiences of their teenagers’ text messaging
… associated with mobile phones, such as bullying, sexting, texting while driving, overuse at the expense of family, studying and sleeping times, and home chores. It also reveals that girls were more at risk, especially when it came to mobile bullying and sexting. Some parents came up with …
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Love at First Like: A Case Study of New Media Activities Toward the Opposite Sex at an All Girl High School
… images to attract males, and used texting and "sexting" as the two main foundations for their romantic relationships. The significance of this study is that it provides an example of a body of people that are more dependent upon social media sites (because of the all girl school environment) to …
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Digital dating abuse in the LGBTQIA+ community
… instant messaging, social media use, and sexting have become commonplace within interpersonal relationships and have become a new method for perpetuating abuse within romantic relationships. A growing body of literature has examined these digital dating abuse (DDA) behaviors among …
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Attitudes Toward Anonymous Public Nudes
… and posted on the Internet. This differs from sexting in that the photographs are meant to be seen by an audience of strangers online, rather than one or a few trusted individuals. The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of APNs. Sixty-seven male and 160 female students over the …
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Augmented Digital Fotonovela (SMAART App) to Mitigate Health Consequences Among Adolescents Resulting from Social Media Addiction
… them to heightened risks of cyberbullying, sexting, body shaming, and academic disengagement. The dopamine-driven reward mechanisms inherent in social media reinforce compulsive use, contributing to severe mental health consequences, including anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. …
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Exploring Contemporary Risk-Taking in Canadian Adolescents
… contemporary forms of substance use, and sexting engagement). In study two, further testing of the latent constructs (contemporary risk-taking) was carried out using structural equation modelling. The construct validity of the scales was assessed through looking at its relationship of …
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