In today’s American society, almost everyone, even children as young as six, owns a cell phone with a camera. Although convenient, camera phones also open the door to massive problems concerning child pornography that stem from sexting, or sending nude or lascivious photos. According to a 2010 Federal Bureau of Investigation survey1 of 4,400 middle and high school students, “approximately eight percent of students reported that they had sent a sext of themselves to others while thirteen percent said they had received a sext.” The main problem with sexting, aside from being child pornography if it is a picture of minor, is the ease of dissemination of the sext to other contacts or even the Internet. The United States alone has seen several students commit suicide after a sext intended for one person’s eyes goes viral or is sent to the entire high school. Such was the case of Ohio high school student, Jesse Logan, who sent nude photos to her boyfriend who then sent them to other students who harassed her until she committed suicide.2 Currently, there are laws in place against minors sexting and sexting to minors and they fall under the child pornography category. While the laws are intended to protect minors from sexual predators, what most minors do not understand is that they are subject to them as well. This means that, if fifteen-year-old Timmy decides to sext his fifteen-year-old girlfriend, Sarah, a naked picture of himself, both Timmy and Sarah could be tried in court with charges of disseminating child pornography and possessing child pornography. These serious charges can result in having to register as a sex offender for several years, although the message may have been sent and received consensually by both parties. This... ... middle of paper ... ...tle11/ar8/ch8.html. Accessed on 16 Apr. 2104. 10 Merritt, Jim. Senate Bill No. 256. 2013. Available at http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/PDF/IN/IN0256.1.pdf. Accessed on 16 Apr. 2014. 11 Ind. Code § 35-50-3-3 (Amended by Acts 1977, P.L. 340). Available at http://www.ai.org/legislative/ic/code/title35/ar50/ch3.html. Accessed on 16 Apr. 2014. 12 Oddi, Marcia. "The Indiana Law Blog." : Ind. Law. N.p., 25 Dec. 2008. Web. 16 Apr. 2014. http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2008/12/ind_law_16_is_i.html. 13"Sexting." Sex Crime Criminal Defense RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2014. http://www.sexcrimecriminaldefense.com/sexting/. 14 Hinduja, Sameer, and Justin Patchin. "State Sexting Laws: A Brief Review of State Sexting Laws and Policies." CyberBullying.US. Cyberbullying Research Center, n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2014. http://www.cyberbullying.us/state_sexting_laws.pdf.
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Sexting is defined as the sending of sexually explicit photos, images, text messages, or e-mails by using a cell phone or other mobile device [1]. It is common for people to send out or receive explicit images, especially in young teenagers. When young people share these photos they are often unaware of the legal implications that go with it. Young people are oblivious that serious legal action could be taken, as they are underage. It not only affects the person that sends it out, but also everyone who receives the image. As discussed in the lecture, the law regarding sexting varies in each state, however explicit images of young people could be seen as child pornography and the people involved could possibly be
Social media is having negative effects on teenagers. Since teens can feel safe behind a screen they are a lot more comfortable doing things that they should be more cautious to doing. First example of this is sexual encounters online aka “sexting”. Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos over a cell phone or the Internet. By not being face to face it makes it easy to send explicit pictures to another person, and engaging in sexual conversation. Peer pressure plays a big role in these behaviors to gain status in the social
Schools and programs can have assemblies and discuss the intent of people who sext and the consequences of sexting, whether they are minor or severe. The severe consequences of sexting or posting sexually explicit photos online can be psychologically damaging (ex. emotional trauma to the subject of the photo), especially if the distribution of the photo ends up in the wrong hands, or to an unintended audience. It is known that there is a "social disapproval over sexting, which causes many teens to not report such incidents (Terry, 2013, p. 153). Therefore we cannot be sure of how widespread the act of sexting is, in an accurate manner. Findings vary among researchers regarding the actual frequency of sexting as can be seen in numerous
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It’s in the news, its on social media, and its on cell phones. “Sexting” is just one way that many people engage in sexual activity. Sexting is sending and/or receiving sexually explicit photos through messages on their cell phone or through social media. Many Americans today, especially teenagers, are familiar with sexting, however, may not be familiar with the psychology behind sexting; why do we want to do it, what does it makes us feel, and what are the consequences of sexting. Anywhere from 20 to 30 percent of American teenagers actively engage in sexting today.
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Sexting can be referred to as sexual content communicated through text messages, smart phones, or visual and web 2.0 activities such as social networking sites. It has been defined as the ‘exchange of sexual messages or images’ (Livingstone et al., 2011) and ‘the creating, sharing and forwarding of sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images’ (Lenhart, 2009) through mobile phones and/or the internet. There are many factors associated with sexting. This includes that fact that it is coercive, this means that sexting does not refer to a single activity but rather to a range of activities which may be motivated by sexual pleasure but are often linked to harassment, bullying and even violence. (Ringrose, Gill, Livingstone and Harvey, 2012, pp 7).
One of the most obvious effects of pornography on the Internet is the easy access that juveniles have to it. All it takes is the click of a mouse and there they are, thousands of nude photos, of women and men doing all sorts sexually explicit of things. Many teens first come across these sorts of thing accidentally. But is it really accidental if advertisement, spams, and e-mail advertising free porn sites pop up every five minutes? How can teens stay away from these kinds of things if they're right there in font of them? "In a 2001 poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 70 of 15-to 17-year-olds said they had accidentally come across pornography online." [1] This leads us to wonder does someone actually want teens to view these sites. If porn is meant to...