When a person imagines love, they think of a romance filled with activities such as hugging, kissing, and being together. However, for some people they are looking for their special someone online in a virtual world where they can only view a custom avatar and talk though a headset. MMORPG games such as World of Warcraft and Second Life has open a wave of online relationships with people looking for love in these fantasy worlds, despite the fact they may already be in a relationship in the real world. In the text “Lying, Cheating, and Virtual Relationships” by Dr. Cynthia Jones, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas, she explains about the pro’s, con’s, and controversies of online relationships. Online relationships may…
According to Rosin, parents should consider them lucky because sexting does not create sexual dynamics it reveals sexual dynamics. Elizabeth Englander, a psychology professor at Bridgewater State University, finds a vast category of women, mostly called ‘Pressured sexters’ who share nude pictures out of insecurity, vulnerability and peer pressure. Sending texts to those they do not know well is not a kind of trust relationship they form with them. There is a risk involved that the picture can get out but usually it does not happen. The teens consider it as flirting or being sexually active rather than a crime.…
According to Jan Hoffman in “A Girls Nude Photo, and Altered Lives,” Margarite a 14-year girl sext her nude photo to her then boyfriend Isaiah. Sexting is the act of sending sexual photos or text messages through your cellphone. A week later Isaiah was pressured by one of Margarite’s former friend to send her Margarite’s nude photo. Later that night the former friend forwarded Margarite’s nude photo to all her contacts. Her nude photo went viral immediately.…
The article for sexting in North Carolina is basically about two teens that got caught sexting. The two teens were only 16 years old,but they were both charged as victim and perpetrator. They were treated as adults for prosecution,but they were also treated as minors by deeming their selfies child pornography. The police were looking into a statutory rape.…
In the article “Sexting Cyber children: Gender, Sexuality, and Childhood in Social Media and Law” Joe Rollins argues that the advancements in technology when used in harmful ways is drawing media attention and causing potential dangers to children and young adults. Rollins incorporates law, culture, and policy and how society needs to adapt in order to prevent the legal system of condemning young adults as criminals, in these cases he says “scholarly analysis of this new, technology mediated trend must take into account not only legal developments, but also the cultural changes in dominant conceptions of gender, sexuality, and childhood” (Rollins 58). This essay analyzes the sources Joe Rollins uses and the Page Real Estate of the court cases, how the cases relate to the audience of gender studies,…
As the virtual world begins to expand in our current age of technology, we are faced with moral dilemmas. Do our decisions and actions in the virtual world lead to consequences in reality? It is a question where a line is drawn between our reality and virtual selves. Virtual murder is common among the most popular and widely distributed video games. Most consumers wouldn’t think twice about the questionability of murder in video games.…
The dictionary gives a definition of sexting as “noun, 1. the sending of sexually explicit photos, images, text messages, or emails by using a cell phone or other mobile device”. It would behoove us to think about if there are repercussions for ourselves, our partners and our children (or future children) before we engage in such behavior.…
Everyone has the ability to agree rationally that texting and driving is wrong, however, how many people actually obey the law? Very few. The law to prevent texting and driving was implemented in 46 states. The reason being is to protect peoples lives. Being in a moving vehicle not looking at the road is a error bound task.…
A dangerous game Recently RCMP Constable Sarah Pennoyer spoke to students from grades 9-12 about the dangers of 'sexting'. 20% of teens polled have sent 'sext' messages or photos. It's a major issue that can have devastating consequences now, and into the future. Nothing is private, and nothing is 'deleted' from the internet —not ever.…
Research suggests that young adults feel “sexting is a safe sex practice, sexting is risqué and that sexting is a cultural norm of sexually active couples” (Levine, 2013). However, sexting is not always a consensual sexual practice and can sometimes be used as a form of sexual abuse. Now minors can be charged for photographing, spreading, and owning child pornography for “sexting” nude photographs of themselves to other minors. According to page 185 of the book, Under current Washington law, any minor involved simply in consensual sexting with a person his or her own age faces felony charges, up to five years in prison, and mandatory sex offender registration. Child pornography laws were not intended to address sexting, the legal consequences…
A young girl sent her ex-boyfriend a “sexting photo” who he then forward it to several other juvenile friends. I think this is wrong because he and herself is violating her body, and not also that but both can get in trouble with the law. According to dosomething.org “70% of boys and girls who sent do so with their girlfriend, 61% of all sextets who sent nude images admit that they were pressured to do it at least once. This says a lot about how the social media can be a dangerous place…
“The Flight from Conversation” by Sherry Turkle; A Rhetorical Analysis Sherry Turkle, a M.I.T professor in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society as well as being the author of “Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other.” Turkle recently wrote an Op-ed piece entitled The Flight from Conversation that talked about peoples’ inner dependency on technology. By using several examples ranging from a business man so engulfed in his Blackberry that he doesn’t talk to his co-workers to a child who confides in Sherry that “he wishes he could talk to an artificial intelligence program instead of his dad about dating; he said that the A.I. would have so much more in its database” (Turkle, par.17). These shocking…
We do it almost anywhere- walking to class, waiting in line at the grocery store, or hanging out at home. It’s quick, easy, and convenient. It has become a certain concern of doctors, parents, and teachers alike. What is it? It’s texting” (Cullington, 2010, p. 1).…
If you notice unusual phone calls, strange accounts on your…
Social Media’s Negative Effects on Adolescents Adolescence is an important period in our lifetime, it is when we are most vulnerable to influence by others. Social media plays a huge role in how people connect with one another in their daily lives. This is especially true for adolescents who are among the heaviest users of social networking sites. While teens strive to find their own identities, they come across several forms of influence through social media. Some of these effects are caused by cyberbullying, sexting, and a phenomenon known as Facebook Depression.…