Sexting

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S
exting
is the practice of sending or posting sexually suggestive text messages and images, including nude or semi-nude photographs, via cellular phones or over the Internet [1]. In a study conducted in 2009 by Amanda Lenhardt, her participants identified three main contexts for sexting:[2]
  1. Exchange of images solely between two romantic partners
  2. Exchanges between partners that are shared with others outside the relationship
  3. Exchanges between people who are not yet in a relationship, but where at least one person hopes to be.

Sexting has become much more prevalent in the era of smartphones and social media,

References

  1. Poltash, Nicole A. "Snapchat and Sexting: A Snapshot of Baring Your Bare Essentials," Richmond Journal of Law & Technology vol. 19, no. 4 (2013): p. 1-24. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/jolt19&i=654.
  2. Lenhart, A. 2009. Teens and sexting, Pew Internet Research, December 15, http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Teens-and-Sexting.aspx (accessed April 30, 2010) [Google Scholar]