'Who does not dare, is a pussy' : a textual analysis of media panics, youth, and sexting in print media in Northern Belgium
- Author
- Burcu Korkmazer, Sander De Ridder (UGent) and Sofie Van Bauwel (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- This article explores how print media in Northern Belgium represents sexting as related to youth culture. Drawing on a textual analysis of 232 news articles published between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2016, this article examines the discourses in news stories covering sexting. The results show that public discourses in newspapers and magazines mainly articulate youth sexting as a deviant behavior. This deviance discourse is strongly linked to a gendered representation of youth who are engaging in sexting. Young girls are portrayed as ‘sexually promiscuous,’ yet ‘thoughtless victims,’ and young boys as ‘sexually aggressive predators,’ resulting in a victimization of girls and criminalization of boys. Print articles in Northern Belgium pay little attention to consensual sexting, leading to stigmatizing youth sexting and denying the agency of young people. The article concludes that the binary discourse in print media does not only reinforce sexual double standards, but also leaves little space for a more diverse and active comprehension of sexting.
- Keywords
- youth, sexuality, sexting, media panic, print media, social media
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8551062
- MLA
- Korkmazer, Burcu, et al. “’Who Does Not Dare, Is a Pussy’ : A Textual Analysis of Media Panics, Youth, and Sexting in Print Media in Northern Belgium.” 68th Annual ICA Conference, Abstracts, 2018.
- APA
- Korkmazer, B., De Ridder, S., & Van Bauwel, S. (2018). ’Who does not dare, is a pussy’ : a textual analysis of media panics, youth, and sexting in print media in Northern Belgium. 68th Annual ICA Conference, Abstracts. Presented at the 68th Annual ICA Conference : Voices, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Chicago author-date
- Korkmazer, Burcu, Sander De Ridder, and Sofie Van Bauwel. 2018. “’Who Does Not Dare, Is a Pussy’ : A Textual Analysis of Media Panics, Youth, and Sexting in Print Media in Northern Belgium.” In 68th Annual ICA Conference, Abstracts.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Korkmazer, Burcu, Sander De Ridder, and Sofie Van Bauwel. 2018. “’Who Does Not Dare, Is a Pussy’ : A Textual Analysis of Media Panics, Youth, and Sexting in Print Media in Northern Belgium.” In 68th Annual ICA Conference, Abstracts.
- Vancouver
- 1.Korkmazer B, De Ridder S, Van Bauwel S. ’Who does not dare, is a pussy’ : a textual analysis of media panics, youth, and sexting in print media in Northern Belgium. In: 68th Annual ICA Conference, Abstracts. 2018.
- IEEE
- [1]B. Korkmazer, S. De Ridder, and S. Van Bauwel, “’Who does not dare, is a pussy’ : a textual analysis of media panics, youth, and sexting in print media in Northern Belgium,” in 68th Annual ICA Conference, Abstracts, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018.
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