Sexting In Context Summary

According to Amy Adele Hasinoff and Tamara Shepherd’s article “Sexting in Context: Privacy norms and Expectations” (2014) the modern Internet is seen by many as the place where privacy goes to die. With youth at the forefront as the ones quickest to jump on social media and the first ones blamed for the decline of society and moral values. The article examines the privacy expectations of youth when sharing intimate material also called sexting: a topic that is often seen in extremes and surrounded by shocking claims of sexuality, rebellion and risk. The authors of the article feel to create policies and programs that help decrease the damage a shared sext image can have, an understanding of the privacy expectations of youth when sexting is necessary.

Sexting is the latest in the history of shoring intimate material from love letter to photo. The main concern with sending a sext is that it is digital and thus be easily shared. Although when sexting there is some level of trust between sender and

With Female sexters particularly affected facing shamming and harassment more often than their male counterparts. Current material on sexing among youth seeks to find a link between sexting and risky behavior and prove that youth are not concerned with privacy online. However, Hasinoff and Shepherd found almost the opposite true. Between focus groups and an online survey of 226 youth 18-24 a majority (79%) had high Internet privacy scores and none felt that sharing a sext, or other sensitive material, was ever OK. It was found that youth feel that sharing sext is a privacy invasion not an unavoidable outcome. According to the article, almost all youth agree that keeping a sext privet is an unspoken rule of society. Conversely, youth did agree that under certain conditions violations of that rule could be