Teens and Sexting: How and why minor teens are sending sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images via text messaging
| dc.contributor.author | Lenhart, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-08T17:42:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-01-08T17:42:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In a nationally representative survey of those ages 12-17 conducted on landline and cell phones, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found: * 4% of cell owning teens ages 12-17 say they have sent sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images of themselves to someone else via text messaging * 15% of cell-owning teens ages 12-17 say they have received sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images of someone they know via text messaging on their cell phone. * Older teens are much more likely to send and receive these images; 8% of 17-year-olds with cell phones have sent a sexually provocative image by text and 30% have received a nude or nearly nude image on their phone. * The teens who pay their own phone bills are more likely to send “sexts”: 17% of teens who pay for all of the costs associated with their cell phones send sexually suggestive images via text; just 3% of teens who do not pay for, or only pay for a portion of the cost of the cell phone send these images. * Our focus groups revealed that there are three main scenarios for sexting: 1) exchange of images solely between two romantic partners; 2) exchanges between partners that are shared with others outside the relationship and 3) exchanges between people who are not yet in a relationship, but where at least one person hopes to be | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lenhart, A. (2009). Teens and Sexting: How and why minor teens are sending sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images via text messaging. Pew Internet & American Life Project. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncdsv.org/images/pewinternet_teensandsexting_12-2009.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11212/2060 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Pew Internet & American Life Project | en_US |
| dc.subject | adolescents | en_US |
| dc.subject | sexting | en_US |
| dc.subject | research | en_US |
| dc.subject | explicit images | en_US |
| dc.title | Teens and Sexting: How and why minor teens are sending sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images via text messaging | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |