In "Why Kids Sext," Hanna Rosin addresses the phenomenon of teen "sexting," a term which she attributes to the sending of nude photographs. This includes everything from willingly sending a photo of oneself, to sending a photo of someone else to a group of one's friends. Rosin states that this practice has been on the rise since around 2003 and that it became evident that it was a problem in 2009, with a scandal in Pensylvania. Since then, sexting has continued to be a serious issue in many high schools, and even some middle schools. Rosin attempts to explain why teens are partaking, and how it should be dealt with.…
Abby Bailey Mrs. Duffy PAP English 9- 2nd Period 12 May 2017 Technology’s Strong Hold on Our Youth In the dystopian novel of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag - pain stricken- discloses the idea that “‘We need to be really bothered once in awhile.’”…
The article, "Why Kids Sext," by Hana Rosin published in The Atlantic sets out to discuss, what teens think about sexting, how adults should deal with it and the legal actions and consequences facing it. The article talks about a sexting scandal, which took place in Virginia where hundred pictures of naked girls from Louisa County high school were posted on Instagram. Therefore, the police investigated on how these girls ended up on social networking site. An interesting piece from the article not only talks about the individuals who are sexting but also talks about the local deputy sheriff major McDonald Lowe, who himself conducted interviews with the students at school.…
Charisse L Nixon, in the article “Current perspectives: the impact of cyberbullying on adolescent health” (2014), asserts that cyberbullying has become a health concern among adolescent and it derives a further study. She supports this by providing statistics of young people reporting victimization by means of cyberbullying. Nixon’s purpose is to inform the readers about how dangerous cyberbullying can really be. The author writes in a formal tone for the audience .…
In the article “Sexting Cyber children: Gender, Sexuality, and Childhood in Social Media and Law” Joe Rollins argues that the advancements in technology when used in harmful ways is drawing media attention and causing potential dangers to children and young adults. Rollins incorporates law, culture, and policy and how society needs to adapt in order to prevent the legal system of condemning young adults as criminals, in these cases he says “scholarly analysis of this new, technology mediated trend must take into account not only legal developments, but also the cultural changes in dominant conceptions of gender, sexuality, and childhood” (Rollins 58). This essay analyzes the sources Joe Rollins uses and the Page Real Estate of the court cases, how the cases relate to the audience of gender studies,…
When things are uploaded to the Internet, they will never disappear, resurfacing at later times to renew the pain. The New York City board of education has published a pamphlet that describes cyberbullying to parents and offers suggestions on the best way to deal with it. Researchers on Stopcyberbullying.gov have noticed that the victims of cyberbullying almost never seek help. They also state that “1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys are cyberbullied.” The increase in internet use is causing more problems in society…
Patchin explains the impact technology has set on teenagers especially through social media. Social media role targets young teens and is now easier for them to find new ways to reach their friends or see what goes on in their lives. When social media can be used as a great tool, others take advantage and use it to hide behind a screen to hurt others. Now teenagers have gone to extreme measurements by creating fake accounts to torment other teens for selfish, jealousy reasons or no reason at all. Justin explains in detail how males and females experience bullying in different ways.…
(Info-security magazine.com) It is in to this increasingly dangerous environment that children are being exposed. When youth act as independent adults, they expose themselves to a variety of threats and unintended consequences. Among the most prevalent of these is sexting. Sexting is “the action of sending sexually revealing pictures…or sexually explicit messages to another individual or group” (Huffington post)…
It seems like today there’s a story you hear about kids sexting, cyberbullying, or suffering. To help address the many outcomes that social media use has on millions of kids today. Unlike cyberbullying, which involves repeated harassment of someone, digital drama is the everyday disputes that occur among friends or acquaintances online or via text message.…
Sexting increasing in our fast society The sending of an inappropriate text causes possible dangers that most people are not aware of. The majority of people involved in this exchange of messages do not know the crime which they are committing. Therefore, receiving or sending provocative or pornographic messages permits legal consequences such as imprisonment.…
Studies have found that the young adults who participate in sexting experience embarrassment, anger, guilt, anxiety, shame, and fear. Secondly, there are numerous social effects as a result of sexting. Studies have found correlations with nymphomania, casual sex acts, blackmail, peer pressure, and cyber bullying (Yoshihara, 2013). Sexting is considered, in many academic institutions, as a form of cyber bullying because these sexual messages/images can be forwarded through their social media platforms (Yoshihara, 2013). Lastly, there are physical effects linked to sexting.…
The legal ramifications of cyberbullying may be severe and unnegotiable. Current legislation dictates that children who participate in cyberbullying could potentially face charges or jail. It is crime to use a phone or the internet in to threaten, harass, or seriously offend somebody example a text message, email, phone calls could be considered offensive if it is likely to cause anger, outrage, or humiliation. The maximum penalty is 3 - 4 years in jail.…
How big of a problem is sexting? Sexting is a big deal/problem because its dealing with our young children in this new generation. I think is a big problem because its bad for us as parents for allowing us to let our children do it. I also think its not a bad idea because its great for our children to keep there pants on and not trying to get physical whit someones child. Teens should have the privacy they need as they are becoming young adults.…
A drastic, but well needed, efforts to help teens from sexting and nip it in the butt at an early age would be for the parents to monitor their child 's phone. Parents should consider a formal monitoring system to track their young teens use on the Internet as well as their cell phone usage. "Place your family’s communal computers in a public area of your home, such as the living room or kitchen. Make sure your children know that you monitor their devices for what websites they are viewing" stated on wikiHow, which may help prevent them from curiously looking up sexting or engaging in it online. By keeping track of their child 's chats and image content will surely help diminish the amount of teen sexting.…
Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. Platforms of cyberbullying include, but are not limited to, devices and equipment such as mobile phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools being social media sites, text messages, online chats, and websites (“What is Cyberbullying”, n.d., para. 1). The spectrum of cyberbullying actions is very wide and famous examples include harassment, rumour spreading, disclosure of personal information of others without consent, humiliation, domination and intimidation based on physical appearance, sex, race, disability or homosexuality. Nasty, degrading or embarrassing comments, rumours, pictures, videos, websites and fake profiles are often directed to or about…