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Adults who use emoji should grow up
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 18.6.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, youth
Summary | Emojis are not the most interesting Internet invention, according to the author. Next to memes for examples, they are quite unimaginative. Also, the use of emojis by adults seems to mirror their refusal to grow up. They have important decisions to make in order to shape a bright future for the next generations.
Image Description | Image of a winking face emoji.
Image Tags | emojis
El reto lingüístico que tienen por delante los "nativos digitales"
(The linguistic challenge facing the "digital natives")
Newspaper | infobae
Date | 6.6.2014
Language | Spanish
Country | Argentina
Topic Tags | language threat, spelling, youth
Summary | The digital natives are running the risk of simplifying language and critical thinking too much, according to an international seminar where linguists, journalists, and social media experts met. Some of the experts regret the fact that linguistic normativity and unity might be in danger. Others are worried that the new generation might only know how to use digital technologies, which might lead to a simplification of language and critical thinking. This is why we need to inform future generations of the different registers they can use. Experts also talked about the role of journalists in the digital era.
Image Description | Three photographs: four young people using their phone, a woman (face cut off) using her phone, and a man (face cut off) using a tablet
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet
Why Kids Sext
Newspaper | The Atlantic
Date | 14.10.2014
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | cyberbullying, Instagram, law, school, sexting, threat, youth
Summary | One Virginia county saw a huge Instagram sexting scandal break. Nude selfie of local high school and middle school girls were pooled by the local boys and uploaded to an Instagram account. Because many teenagers were involved, this case developed into a huge police investigation trying to figure out the extent to which this constitutes organized crime or child pornography. This case shows how commonplace sexting is among teenagers and how confused the police are in dealing with such cases.
Image Description | Portraits of people mentioned in the article, pictures of school and outdoor sporting facility environments with students.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), school
'Sexting' among kids a modern day courtship
Newspaper | Times of India
Date | 11.12.2014
Language | English
Country | India
Topic Tags | research/study, sexting, youth
Summary | Teenagers all over the world seem to be sexting. Australian studies have shown that sexting does not appear to have an impact on sexual activity as the statistics have remained the same as twenty years ago when we did not have this technology. A mass of news reports exists on how teenagers were harmed by sexting but the majority of sexting teenagers fortunately do not experience these problems. Parents should teach their children to be respectful towards other (not share their texts) and not be too worried if their teenagers are sexting - it is a modern form of 'courtship'.
Image Description | Photograph of a student texting in a library.
Image Tags | male(s), school, smartphone
The rise and rise of Whatsapp: 300 billion instant messages are expected to be sent throughout 2014 – and that’s just in the UK
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 7.8.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | research/study, sexting, texting, WhatsApp, youth
Summary | Instant messaging has overtaken texting: The average British person sends just seven text messages a day compared to 46 instant messages. Popular apps are WhatsApp, Facebook messenger, and Viber. Many people have five messaging apps on their smartphones on average. The high amount of instant messaged sent can partly be explained by the flatrate cost rather than paying for every message individually. A Michigan University study shows that half of 18-24 year olds (over 3000 participants) engage in sexting.
Image Description | Photograph of a WhatsApp icon on a screen.
Image Tags | WhatsApp
Porn is now part of everyday life, say teenagers: Sexting is part of everyday life, say half of 18-year-olds
Newspaper | The Independent
Date | 20.8.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | pornography, sexting, threat, youth
Summary | 'Sexting' is only used in headline. Pornography is ubiqutous online. This is a huge problem because teenagers could receive the most part of their sexual education from pornography. This would likely lead boys to objectifying girls and girls to thinking that their value lies in their conforming to the body standards set by pornography. Teenagers need to be protected from unsolicited explicit material online and sex education should be improved.
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The naked truth; the hacking of celebrities' intimate images has highlighted a startling phenomenon: sexting has gone mainstream
Newspaper | The Sunday Times
Date | 7.9.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | sexting, youth
Summary | Both the leaking of dozens of celebrity nudes by hacking of the iCloud and the new Cameron Diaz film “The Sex Tape” show that sexting is a really common phenomenon by now. The shock in the celebrity nude images leak really lies in the breach of privacy and not in the mere existence of such material. Middle-aged adults also participate in sexting: "It's like an animalistic peacock display that's filtered up from the teens.”
Image Description | Portrait of Jennifer Lawrence pulling a funny face.
Image Tags | female(s)
How girls at Tinder age are being exploited
Newspaper | Belfast Telegraph
Date | 15.3.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | online dating, threat, youth
Summary | Teenagers as young as 13 years old can participate on Tinder. The app creators claim that there is nothing wrong with teenagers connecting with their peers but Tinder is really not as innocent as that. The app, which is colloquially labeled a hook-up app, focuses on looks and the general tenor in chats between 'matches' is strongly oriented towards obtaining sex partners. Parents should pay attention to their children's Tinder use and Tinder should have an older minimal age for having a Tinder profile.
Image Description | N/A
Warning teenagers over ‘sexting’
Newspaper | The Argus
Date | 12.8.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | law, sexting, Snapchat, threat, youth
Summary | Sexting is becoming an increasing problem among youths in Southern England. Charities that work with teenagers (mostly girls) who have been victimized by having their nude selfies shared without their permission. There is a crucial difference between face to face flirtatious encounters versus on new media: men are reported to be much more forward on digital channels and that they very quickly request nude images. There is a lot of pressure on male participants in sexting to obtain nude images which almost counts as social currency among their male peers. The police are also not handling the situation well according to prevention organizations as they tend to criminalize the victims of sexting as sex child pornography offenders.
Image Description | Portrait of person mentioned in article and photograph of a woman holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone
Double Standards: Why sexting sucks
Newspaper | Times Live
Date | 23.6.2014
Language | English
Country | South Africa
Topic Tags | gender, law, research/study, sexting, youth
Summary | A study by Julia Lippman and Scott Campbell where they interviewed teenagers about their attitudes towards sexting showed that a strong double standard exists between judging girls' versus boys' sexting activities. If girls sext, the are perceived as attention-seeking 'sluts' and if the do not engage in sexting, they are judged for being frigid. Boys are however pardoned for sexting because "boys will be boys". Minors sexting is further problematic because it is persecuted under child pornography laws.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman taking a selfie in lingerie.
Image Tags | female(s), selfie, smartphone
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