A qualitative study of children, young people and 'sexting' : Research Report

A Report prepared for the NSPCC, 2012

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The International Journal of Children’s Rights, 2021

Drawing on key theoretical debates on childhood and youth sexuality in tandem with primary data, the article builds upon and advances existing narratives regarding the tensions surrounding gender, pressure and sexting behaviours among young people. Ultimately, the article illustrates a number of gendered pressures which exist when young people engage in sexting, including a prevailing culture of sexism and exposure to a very prevalent sexual double standard. The range and diversity of gendered pressures present thus raises important questions regarding “appropriate” interventions. Consequently, the author argues for a gender sensitive approach at both policy and practice level. In doing so, the article provides new insights on the complexity of gender roles and thus presents a more nuanced understanding of sexting among young people than previous narratives have suggested.

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Current Issues In Criminal Justice, 2013

In recent years, the prosecution of teenagers who use digital and online technology to produce and circulate erotic imagery (‘sexts’) under child pornography statutes has been the subject of sustained controversy. Debates over sexting have foregrounded the harms of criminalisation as well as the role of sexts in cyber-bullying and online child solicitation. While acknowledging the problematic dimensions of legal interventions in sexting, this article notes that patterns of relational coercion often begin in adolescence and that malicious sexting cases follow patterns similar to other forms of technologically facilitated gendered victimisation. The gendered dimensions of sexting are often overlooked in education campaigns that position girls and young women in ways that responsibilise them to reduce their own risk of victimisation. It is argued that efforts to prevent or intervene in the harms of sexting should consider the broader sociocultural role of digital and online technology in coercive control and dating abuse and also avoid a simplistic responsibilisation of potential victims.

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Young people’s sexting is an area of increasing concern amongst parents, educationalists and policy makers, yet little research has been conducted with young people themselves to explore their perspectives on the support they need to navigate relationships in the new digital media landscape. To address this absence, an inter-disciplinary team of researchers undertook a participatory study with students, aged 13 to 15, in a UK secondary school. This paper outlines key study findings, including young people’s views on sexting, their recommendations for improved education around sexting in schools, their preferred sources of support, and their perspectives on the way adults should respond to young people’s sexting. Findings indicate that sexting education needs to be developed within the context of wider relationship issues, such as gender, power dynamics and trust between peers, and improved communication between students and teachers or other responsible adults. Findings may be used ...

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2018

Adolescence is a phase characterised by self-discovery and physical, cognitive and sexual development. The current generation of adolescents are forging identities not only through traditional means, but also using the internet and social networking platforms. Adolescents are not exempt from being exposed to sexually explicit content online, or to new forms of sexual exploration such as sexting. Sexting refers to sending, receiving and/or forwarding of nude or sexually suggestive photographs and/or videos and/or sexually explicit messages across social media platforms or internet-based applications. The exchange of sexually explicit content by minors is illegal and is governed both internationally and locally by laws often pertaining to child pornography. The present study explored the gender differences reported in terms of internet use, sexting behaviours and opinions regarding sexting. Key questions included: “What do adolescents use the internet for?”, “Have adolescents received...

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Aleph, 2024

Cette contribution ambitionne de fournir une nouvelle description des termes spécialisés préalablement extraits d'un corpus présenté dans une étude antérieure rédigée en tamazight. Son objectif principal est d'analyser la terminologie spécialisée présente dans les épreuves de la langue amazighe du baccalauréat algérien sur la période de 2008 à 2021, en considérant les sujets rédigés dans deux variétés linguistiques : le kabyle et le chaouia. Les buts sous-jacents consistent à décrire une partie de la terminologie spécialisée implantée dans l'enseignement du tamazight à travers les épreuves du baccalauréat, ainsi qu'à examiner la problématique de la variation dans l'utilisation de cette terminologie en comparant les termes employés dans les sujets kabyles et chaouis. Préalablement à ces analyses, nous avons introduit succinctement la terminologie en tant que discipline scientifique relativement récente, dans laquelle s'inscrit notre étude, puis proposé un inventaire des lexiques spécialisés liés à l'enseignement du tamazight.

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