Sexting: Motives and risk in online sexual self-presentation (Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3030101266 ISBN 13: 9783030101268

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

Synopsis

In the current debate around sexting, this book gives a nuanced account of motives, contexts and possible risks of intimate digital communication.    

Authors discuss how social media shape new dating opportunities through apps and dating sites, how sexting fits within individual’s relational and sexual development. They examine the relationships between sexting, health and sexual risk behaviours and focusing on adolescents, further highlight which role parents can play in relational and sexual education.

Chapters cover topics such as abusive sexting behaviours in the context of dating violence and slut shaming, media discourses concerning sexting and the legal framework in several countries that shape the context of sexting. This edited collection will be of great interest to academics and students of communication studies, psychology, health sciences and sociology, as well as policy makers and the general public interested in current debates on how social media are used for intimate communication.

 

 

About this title

About the Author

Michel Walrave is a Professor at the Department of Communication Studies and Chairman of the Research Group MIOS, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

 

Joris Van Ouytsel is a researcher at the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

 

Koen Ponnet is an Assistant Professor at the Ghent University. He also teaches at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

 

Jeff R. Temple is a Professor and Director of Behavioral Health and Research in the Department of Ob/Gyn at UTMB Health, USA.

From the Back Cover

In the current debate around sexting, this book gives a nuanced account of motives, contexts and possible risks of intimate digital communication. The authors discuss how social media shapes new dating opportunities through apps and dating sites and how sexting fits within an individual’s relational and sexual development. They examine the relationships between sexting, health and sexual risk behaviors; and focusing on adolescents, further highlight which role parents can play in relational and sexual education.

Chapters cover topics such as abusive sexting behaviours in the context of dating violence and ‘slut shaming’, media discourses concerning sexting and the legal framework in several countries that shape the context of sexting. This edited collection will be of great interest to academics and students of communication studies, psychology, health sciences and sociology, as well as to policy makers and those interested in current debates on how socialmedia is used for intimate communication.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030101266
• ISBN 13: 9783030101268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 159
• Editor: Walrave Michel, Van Ouytsel Joris, Ponnet Koen, Temple Jeff R.