Sexting, Consent and Young People: Regulatory Challenges in the Digital Age

色情短信、同意和年轻人：数字时代的监管挑战

• 批准号: ES/T005750/1
• 负责人: Elizabeth Agnew
• 金额: $ 10.9万
• 依托单位: Queen's University Belfast
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FT005750%2F1
• 关键词: Sexting; Consent; Young; People; Regulatory

Context My PhD is the first study to provide a critical analysis of sexting and cyberbullying among young people (YP) under 18 years in Northern Ireland (NI) which included professional and youth voices. The thesis examined the nature and impact of peer-on-peer cyberbullying and sexting among YP and prompted important questions regarding defining and regulating such behaviours. In particular: when should sexting among YP be categorised as harmful? Most importantly, the PhD broadens current understanding of sexting among YP and presents a more nuanced approach in terms of appropriately labelling sexual behaviours among YP. The PhD argues that there is a need to move beyond framing all sexting among young people as 'harmful' and draws out the significant challenges for regulatory frameworks, especially the limitations of criminal law and the identification of young people as 'victims' and/or 'offenders.' Consequently, a continuum of sexting behaviour is introduced to provide an effective framework for categorising sexting behaviours. The continuum was based on key primary research findings and a critical overview of the relevant theory (see Beckett 2014; Ashurst and McAlinden 2015), including Hackett's (2010) continuum on sexual behaviours among children and young people. Scholarship on sexting among young people is extremely scarce and while some UK based research exists which explores the broader complexities of the sexual behaviour (see e.g. Ringrose et al. 2012; McAlinden 2018), to my knowledge, there is no published research to date within NI on consent within the context of sexting specifically.Aims of Proposed ResearchThe PDF will therefore provide a valuable opportunity to seek clarity on a significant and crucial dimension to sexting behaviour among YP: issues of consent. The PDF will allow me to undertake 2 new focus groups with YP aged 13-17 years and 5 follow-up interviews with professionals across the public and private sector exploring specifically issues of consent within the context of sexting. The age range of the YP is significant, especially regarding the varying legal age limits: the age of sexual consent at 16 years, the age a person can legally send a naked image (sexting) at 18 years and the discretion police possess when dealing with sexual offence cases involving 13-15 year olds. The 25% additional research will be used to write a chapter in the monograph based on my PhD research (due for completion in May 2021). In addition, the data obtained from the PDF will inform a 'good practice' report identifying key regulatory recommendations and an updated continuum of sexting (as originally set out in the PhD).Objectives (a) To gather additional empirical data specifically on young people's understanding of consent. This will help identify how broader issues of consent can impact on how YP define and understand 'explorative' and 'exploitative' sexual behaviour, especially within the context of sexting. (b) To use the PDF findings to inform a 'good practice' report which will include an updated continuum of sexual behaviour and key regulatory recommendations. My working assumption is that this 'good practice' report will inform and shape campaigns to incorporate 'consent' as a key feature within regulatory and legislative frameworks on sexting behaviour. (c) As well as the 'good practice' report I will use the interview findings to: (i) write a chapter for a monograph based on my PhD (the chapter will provide a more conceptual understanding on issues of consent and strengthen the overall monograph); and (ii) write an article on a key theme emerging from the PDF targeted at a leading peer-reviewed journal (e.g. British Journal of Criminology). (d) To promote PDF findings at a national and international conference and develop international networks for future collaborative projects. (e) To disseminate the PDF findings (including the 'good practice report') at an end of PDF conference at QUB.

背景我的博士学位是第一个研究提供色情短信和网络欺凌的年轻人（YP）之间的批判性分析18岁以下的北方爱尔兰（NI），其中包括专业和青年的声音。该论文研究了YP之间的对等网络欺凌和色情短信的性质和影响，并提出了有关定义和规范此类行为的重要问题。特别是：YP中的性短信什么时候应该被归类为有害的？最重要的是，博士拓宽了目前对YP中性短信的理解，并在YP中适当标记性行为方面提出了一种更微妙的方法。博士认为，有必要超越框架中的所有年轻人之间的性短信是“有害的”，并提出了监管框架的重大挑战，特别是刑法的局限性和识别年轻人作为“受害者”和/或“罪犯”。“因此，引入了一系列性短信行为，为分类性短信行为提供了一个有效的框架。该连续体基于关键的主要研究结果和相关理论的批判性概述（见Beckett 2014; Ashurst和McAlinden 2015），包括Hackett（2010）关于儿童和年轻人性行为的连续体。关于年轻人发性短信的研究非常少，虽然有一些英国的研究探讨了性行为更广泛的复杂性，（参见Ringrose等人，2012年; McAlinden 2018），据我所知，到目前为止，在NI内部还没有发表过专门针对性短信背景下的同意的研究。因此，PDF将提供一个宝贵的机会，澄清YP中性短信行为的一个重要和关键方面：同意问题。PDF将允许我与13-17岁的YP进行2个新的焦点小组，并与公共和私营部门的专业人士进行5次后续访谈，特别探讨在性短信背景下的同意问题。YP的年龄范围很大，特别是关于不同的法律的年龄限制：同意性行为的年龄为16岁，一个人可以合法发送裸体图像（色情短信）的年龄为18岁，以及警方在处理涉及13-15奥尔兹的性犯罪案件时拥有的自由裁量权。25%的额外研究将用于根据我的博士研究撰写专著中的一章（将于2021年5月完成）。此外，从PDF中获得的数据将为“良好实践”报告提供信息，该报告确定了关键的监管建议和最新的性短信连续体（如博士论文中最初提出的）。这将有助于确定更广泛的同意问题如何影响YP如何定义和理解“探索”和“剥削”性行为，特别是在性短信的背景下。(b)利用PDF的调查结果为一份“良好做法”报告提供信息，该报告将包括一系列最新的性行为和关键的监管建议。我的工作假设是，这份“良好做法”报告将为宣传和塑造运动提供信息，将“同意”作为关于性短信行为的监管和立法框架的一个关键特征。(c)除了“良好实践”报告，我还将使用访谈结果：（i）根据我的博士学位为专著撰写一章（该章将提供对同意问题的更多概念性理解，并加强整体专著）;（ii）针对领先的同行评审期刊（例如，英国犯罪学杂志）撰写一篇关于PDF中出现的关键主题的文章。(d)在国家和国际会议上宣传PDF的研究结果，并为未来的合作项目建立国际网络。(e)在昆士兰大学PDF会议结束时，分发PDF调查结果（包括“良好做法报告”）。

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