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Social media and risk : sexting and grooming
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Abstract
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| Digital media have gained an important place in young people's lives. More particularly, social media are used by adolescents to interact with friends and to expand their social circle. Within adolescents' unfolding romantic lives, social media are also intensively used. Adolescents may engage in sexting, the exchange of sexually explicit digital messages, which can be considered a normal form of sexual communication. Young people engage in sexting as a symbol of love and trust within the context of romantic or dating relationships. However, research found sexting can be related with pressure, but also with other risk behaviors such as sexual risk behaviors. Moreover, sexting images can be forwarded or shown to others without the consent of the creator of the sext, possibly leading to negative consequences for the victim. Another risk young people may be confronted with is online grooming. The subsequent phases wherein an adult abuser approaches and prepares a minor online for offline abuse, are explained in this entry, as well as the strategies used to create a bond of trust between the abuser and the victim, along with the strategies groomers use to reduce the risks of being caught. |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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The international encyclopedia of media psychology
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Publication
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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2020
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ISBN
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978-1-119-01107-1
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DOI
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10.1002/9781119011071.IEMP0087
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Volume/pages
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p. 1-6
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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