‘If You Care About Me, You'll Send Me a Pic’ - Examining the Role of Peer Pressure in Adolescent Sexting
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Teens most often encounter unwanted sexual solicitations from seemingly innocuous individuals they meet online or already know in person, rather than from overtly suspicious strangers.
“when in reality, teens most often encounter unwanted sexual solicitations from seemingly innocuous individuals they meet online [54, 92] or already know in person [13, 45, 75].”
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“…from adult strangers (i.e., “predators”) who are imagined as overtly threatening or visibly “dangerous,” [26, 29] when in reality, teens most often encounter unwanted sexual so-licitations from seemingly innocuous individuals they meet online [54, 92] or already know in person [13, 45, 75].”
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- Authors
- Hartikainen, H., Razi, A., & Wisniewski, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Oulu (FI)
- University of Central Florida (US)
- Dept. of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, USA
- Venue
- Companion Publication of the 2021 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2021-10-23
- Pages
- 67-71
- OpenAlex
- W3209478414
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 3
- FWCI
- 30.04
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- William T. Grant Foundation (187941)
- National Science Foundation (IIP-1827700, IIS-1844881)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Keywords
- adolescent sexting, peer pressure, adolescents, self-harm, social media, peer influence
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