I Type and I Relate. Sexting and bullying in cyberspace

Αυτόματον 2.2: Νεότητα και Ψηφιακή Εμπειρία
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Published: Sep 24, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/automaton.35476
Keywords:
Children & adolescents Cyberbulling Sexting Self - disclosure Cyber relationships
Aikaterini Lampropoulou
Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
Angeliki Gazi
Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2166-9363
Abstract

Media studies approaches converse with classical psychological research regarding the issues of affects and influence. However, cultural media theories sometimes uncritically reject the psychological theory and research regarding basic models of the individual’s association with media and technology. In an attempt to move beyond specific epistemological limitations, which seem to fail to prevent theoretical and empirical bias on one part and technological determinism on the other, this article attempts a discussion of children and adolescents’ use of technology, the social meaning of technology as well as the dangers that arise from the young people’s need for experience within cyberspace. The moral panic spread by the media regarding the harmful use of technology seems to remain as problematic as the uncritical rejection of evidence-based psychological research.
Considering the growing interest of research on the topic of youth and cyberspace, we use as an example for our epistemological discussion two contemporary issues concerning, on the one hand, digital textual conversation between two or more people with the aim of sexual arousal (sexting) and, on the other hand, cyberbullying.

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