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 women, across twelve post-primary schools and three youth groups in Northern Ireland.<br/><br/>Guided by sexual script theory, this research evidences how, via the use of contemporary technology, girls and young women are both empowered and constrained by post-feminist ideals and cultural norms, particularly the heterosexual script.<br/><br/><i>Thesis embargoed until 31 July 2027</i>.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

Doctor of Philosophy

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Doctoral Thesis

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Queen's University Belfast

Year dc:date.issued

2022

Author dc:creator

• Milner, Laura

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Schubotz, Dirk
• McAlister, Siobhan

• Children
• young people
• sexting
• social media use
• sexual scripting theory

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:studenttheses/81408727-2232-4e81-9c29-7e52b9b4c45b

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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