TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hasinoff,Amy Adele
TI  - Sexting panic: rethinking criminalization, privacy, and consent 
T2  - Feminist media studies
SN  - 9780252080623
AV  - HQ 27 .H367 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Sexting
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Feminist criticism
KW  - Sexual ethics
KW  - Teenage girls
KW  - Sexual behavior
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-216) and index; Typical responses to sexting.  The criminalization consensus and the right to sext -- Beyond teenage biology -- Self-esteem advice and blame -- Alternative ways to think about sexting.  Sexualization and participation -- Information and consent
N2  - "Sexting Panic illustrates how anxieties about technology and teen girls' sexuality distract from critical questions about how to adapt norms of privacy and consent for new media. Though mobile phones can be used to cause harm, Amy Adele Hasinoff notes that criminalization and abstinence policies meant to curb sexting often fail to account for the distinction between consensual sharing and the malicious distribution of a private image. Hasinoff challenges the idea that sexting inevitably victimizes young women. Instead, she encourages us to recognize young people's capacity for choice and recommends responses to sexting that are realistic and nuanced rather than based on misplaced fears about deviance, sexuality, and digital media"--Publisher description
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