The Exposure Of Youth To Unwanted Sexual Material On The Internet

By Kimberly J. Mitchell, David Finkelhor, J. Wolak. 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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Taking risks when communicating on the Internet: the role of offline social-psychological factors in young people's vulnerability to online risks (2007, background): “While in many ways this is beneficial, it is also the case that girls are more likely to experience the risks of online communication, for example by receiving more online sexual solicitations (Mitchell et al. 2003).”
Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Cyber Abuse of Youth: A Systematic Review (2011, background): “…abuse demonstrate that this is a growing problem, in which commonly recognized forms of child maltreatment (sexual and emotional abuse) are being pursued via the Internet (Berson, Berson, & Ferron, 2002; Mitchell, Finkelhor, & Wolak, 2001; Mitchell et al., 2003; Ybarra & Mitchell, 2004a, 2004b).”
Balancing opportunities and risks in teenagers’ use of the internet: the role of online skills and internet self-efficacy (2010, background): “Although there is little evidence regarding gender differences in opportunities (Subrahmanyam et al., 2001; but see also Helsper, 2007), it does seem that boys take more risks online (Jackson et al., 2001; Weiser, 2000, although see Mitchell et al., 2003).”
Adolescents’ Exposure to a Sexualized Media Environment and Their Notions of Women as Sex Objects (2007, background): “However, Greenfield (2004) and Mitchell, Finkelhor, and Wolak (2003) have emphasized that, on the internet, adolescents’ may be inadvertently exposed to sexually explicit material, for example through pop-up windows or spam email.”
Harm and Offence in Media Content: A Review of the Evidence (2006, background): “The use of filtering and blocking software was associated with a modest reduction in unwanted exposure although research shows that parental attempts to reduce exposure through supervision or monitoring are not associated with any reduction in exposure, highlighting the difficulty of domestic regula”
Family Relations and the Internet: Exploring a Family Boundaries Approach (2006, background): “At the same time, an alternative explanation that cannot be ruled out is that Internet use for social purposes may expose the adolescent to dangerous individuals and dangerous situations, including sexual harassment and victimization (Livingstone & Bober, 2004; Mitchell et al., 2003).”
Peer victimisation and depressive symptoms: can specific coping strategies buffer the negative impact of cybervictimisation? (2012, background): “…a more negative and critical attitude to teachers’ support: a large percentage of them consider telling a teacher or the school principal to be rather ineffective (Aricak et al. 2008; DiBasilio 2008; Mishna, Saini, and Solomon 2009; Mitchell, Finkelhor, and Wolak 2003; Price and Dalgleish 2010).”
The harms of pornography exposure among children and young people (2009, background): “Rates of deliberate consumption of Internet pornography among minors in international studies appear to vary from around one tenth to one third (Flood, 2007; Livingstone and Bober, 2004; Mitchell et al., 2003).”
Assessing Sex Experiences of Online Victimization: An Examination of Adolescent Online Behaviors Using Routine Activity Theory (2010, methodology): “Using a sample of adolescents for this study was chosen because past research has shown that adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 years old are at high risk for online victimization (Mitchell et al., 2003; O’Connell et al., 2002; Sanger et al., 2004; Wolak et al., 2002, 2006); therefore, the id”
Sexual Harassment on the Internet (2005, background): “Mitchell, Finkelhor, and Wolak (2003) reported that 62% of the adolescents in their survey received unwanted sex-related e-mails to their personal address, 92% from unknown senders.”
Parental Mediation of Children's Internet Use (2008, background): “This relative ineffectiveness of parental mediation in reducing risks is consistent with other recent research on children’s Internet use (Liau et al., 2005; Mitchell et al., 2003).”
The Impact of Internet Pornography on Marriage and the Family: A Review of the Research (2006, background): “Congress through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Mitchell, Finkelhor, and Wolak (2003a) concluded that sexually explicit material on the Internet is “very intrusive” and can be inadvertently stumbled upon while searching for other material or opening email.”
Potential Factors of Online Victimization of Youth: An Examination of Adolescent Online Behaviors Utilizing Routine Activity Theory (2010, methodology): “…communication (CMC) methods: unwanted exposure to sexual material, sexual solicitation, and unwanted non-sexual harassment (Marcum forthcoming; Mitchell et al. 2003, 2007; O’Connell et al. 2002; Quayle and Taylor 2003; Sanger et al. 2004; Wolak et al. 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007; Ybarra et…”