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Sexting

Motives and risk in online sexual self-presentation

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the critical issues surrounding sexting
  • Discusses disclosure, individual motivations, health risks, parental guidance
  • Draws upon insights from psychology, communication, criminology and youth studies

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology (PASCY)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Sharing and Caring? The Role of Social Media and Privacy in Sexting Behaviour

    • Michel Walrave, Joris Van Ouytsel, Koen Ponnet, Jeff R. Temple
    Pages 1-17
  3. Information Disclosure, Trust and Health Risks in Online Dating

    • Lara Hallam, Michel Walrave, Charlotte J. S. De Backer
    Pages 19-38
  4. A Nuanced Account: Why Do Individuals Engage in Sexting?

    • Joris Van Ouytsel, Michel Walrave, Koen Ponnet
    Pages 39-51
  5. Parents’ Role in Adolescents’ Sexting Behaviour

    • Ini Vanwesenbeeck, Koen Ponnet, Michel Walrave, Joris Van Ouytsel
    Pages 63-80
  6. Slut-Shaming 2.0

    • Kathleen Van Royen, Karolien Poels, Heidi Vandebosch, Michel Walrave
    Pages 81-98
  7. Sexting and the Law

    • Thomas Crofts, Eva Lievens
    Pages 119-136
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 137-141

About this book

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.






 



 




Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Communication Studies, MIOS, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Michel Walrave, Joris Van Ouytsel

  • Department of Communication Sciences, IMEC-MICT, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Koen Ponnet

  • Department of Ob/Gyn, UTMB Health, Galveston, TX, USA

    Jeff R. Temple

About the editors


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.







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Softcover Book USD 59.99
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Hardcover Book USD 59.99
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