Sexting, a word growing popular as the new generation rises. The word ‘sexting’ is abbreviated from sexual text message. Sexting can be defined as sending or receiving messages with explicit content (pictures or So why do people send explicit pictures? Is it because of the media displaying more sexualized ideas in music videos and films and celebrity modeling? What are the effects of sexting on adolescents when exposed to sexual messages at a younger adolescent age verses an older adolescent age?
According to Ouytsel, J., Ponnet, K., and Walrave, M. (2014) sexting is defined to be explicit messages with sexual intentions using text messages, smart phones, and social networking sites. In their study on how the consumption of pornography and …show more content…
The survey was given on paper to the students (after receiving consent from the students, the supervising teachers and the school principal). Each survey remained confidential to teachers, parents, or other students. The survey asked about their gender, age, their school track, and how much Internet use outside of school (measured on an 8-point scale, 1 meaning once a month or less and 8 meaning more than 3 hours a day). The survey also asked questions about how frequently each student watched music videos (YouTube or TV) and the amount of pornography they exposed themselves to. The study measured the participation of sexting using a 5-point scale (1 meaning no and 5 meaning yes, daily). The students were asked if they had ever sent or received a message about sex in any form (text message, email, and/or picture) and if someone they knew sent them a sexual picture within the last 6 months. After the data was sorted and collected, several researchers agree that sexting might be influenced by the media, but have not been investigated hard enough to justify that media is an influencing factor on sexting. Because the use of cross-sectional surveys, it does not define the causation, thus not being …show more content…
Sexting was linked to emotional problems and alcohol use, but some younger boys may not have problematic behavior. Sexting has been linked to health-related risks that can range from risky sexual behavior to substance abuse to contemplating or attempting suicide. Gender is strongly considered in this study because boys and girls are judged differently whether or not they participate in sexting. Girls face more criticism than boys, while boys are encouraged to sext in order to gain more popularity. The current study’s purpose is to be able to connect problematic behavior in early and late adolescence to the amount of sexters. Researchers account for emotional problems, alcohol or substance abuse, and vaginal sex because the previous study has found a link between this factors (Sevcikova,A., 2016). Researchers used a random sample to survey about 25,000 children between the ages of 9 and 16 and their parents in 24 different European countries. The interview process was conducted in the homes of the random samples. Questions that were too personal we self-completed by themselves with no supervision. The questions pertaining to sexual experiences were only given to adolescents between 11 and 16 (random sample of 18,709 adolescences, 9352 boys and 9357
According to Ouytsel, J., Ponnet, K., and Walrave, M. (2014) sexting is defined to be explicit messages with sexual intentions using text messages, smart phones, and social networking sites. In their study on how the consumption of pornography and …show more content…
The survey was given on paper to the students (after receiving consent from the students, the supervising teachers and the school principal). Each survey remained confidential to teachers, parents, or other students. The survey asked about their gender, age, their school track, and how much Internet use outside of school (measured on an 8-point scale, 1 meaning once a month or less and 8 meaning more than 3 hours a day). The survey also asked questions about how frequently each student watched music videos (YouTube or TV) and the amount of pornography they exposed themselves to. The study measured the participation of sexting using a 5-point scale (1 meaning no and 5 meaning yes, daily). The students were asked if they had ever sent or received a message about sex in any form (text message, email, and/or picture) and if someone they knew sent them a sexual picture within the last 6 months. After the data was sorted and collected, several researchers agree that sexting might be influenced by the media, but have not been investigated hard enough to justify that media is an influencing factor on sexting. Because the use of cross-sectional surveys, it does not define the causation, thus not being …show more content…
Sexting was linked to emotional problems and alcohol use, but some younger boys may not have problematic behavior. Sexting has been linked to health-related risks that can range from risky sexual behavior to substance abuse to contemplating or attempting suicide. Gender is strongly considered in this study because boys and girls are judged differently whether or not they participate in sexting. Girls face more criticism than boys, while boys are encouraged to sext in order to gain more popularity. The current study’s purpose is to be able to connect problematic behavior in early and late adolescence to the amount of sexters. Researchers account for emotional problems, alcohol or substance abuse, and vaginal sex because the previous study has found a link between this factors (Sevcikova,A., 2016). Researchers used a random sample to survey about 25,000 children between the ages of 9 and 16 and their parents in 24 different European countries. The interview process was conducted in the homes of the random samples. Questions that were too personal we self-completed by themselves with no supervision. The questions pertaining to sexual experiences were only given to adolescents between 11 and 16 (random sample of 18,709 adolescences, 9352 boys and 9357