Seksting – ie transmission over the Internet or phone images of an intimate – is a growing problem among Polish teenagers. According to research conducted by NASK (Research and Academic Computer Network) in collaboration with the Office of the Ombudsman for Children and Pedagogium Higher School of Social Sciences, more than 25 percent. junior high school students and secondary schools have received this type of photo, 7.6 percent. it sends them to their partners and 4.3 percent. others. More than 29 per cent. teens have friends who send such materials.
The study also showed that more than 12 percent. teenagers were offered to undress while they chat, and almost 2 percent. such a proposal adopted.
Martyn Różycka of the team led by NASK Dyżurnet, to which you can report illegal content, advises that you never know what happens when you throw the image to the Internet. “Each image can be ridiculous. No such images, such activities, which taken out of context are not just silly” – he said.
Marta Wojtas of Nobody’s Children Foundation (NCF), which together with NASK creates Polish Safer Internet Centre, points out that the intimate nature of the materials are often thrown spontaneous, spur of the moment, without reflection. “Young people often act on emotion, are in puberty, hormone storm, there are probably more excited sexually and thus easier to respond to such provocations of others. They do not think about the consequences, focus on the fact that at this point is it’s cool “- he said.
He adds that seksting often takes place between people who are in some relationships, but it happens that some are looking for a network of people that would give up on it to persuade, which is particularly dangerous. But also the relationships between close people may change at any time and then the pictures can “leak” to the network.
Różycka emphasizes that although teenagers generally “loved to death”, their love is quite unstable. “Warning them of the danger we can not say that their love just lie down in ruins, rather we say that these pictures could fall into the wrong hands, someone will grab the phone, breaks into the post office, etc.. Remind you that you never know where this photo will “- says the expert.
“Everything leaves a trace on the network. How to send someone something, it already belongs to the person she is and can do with it what he wants. Should remember that when you publish something on the internet, it is so, as we are told in public . still cheat that network are anonymous, that no one among us has not found all the materials that are there. But really this is a public space the same as in the real world. many of these myths about the internet is in our heads ” – emphasizes Wojtas.
Różycka adds that once the problem was that someone did children photos, material, which showed another – child sexual context. “It was to save the sexual exploitation of a child. Today the children themselves publish such material. We see that it can be done with what is happening in the media, how much is emphasized sexual attractiveness and children’s copy” – he says.
Wojtas added that in the age of mass culture saturated with sex moves to limit young people’s intimacy, it seems to them also that “everyone is doing.”
He added that worrying is that young people admit that they encourage each other to send this type of photos to “gather at each other hooks” to manipulate others, blackmail, extort money. “If it goes that way, you really have to worry about” – says the expert.
According RÓŻYCKI still have the problem of privacy on the Web. “While young people say they know how to care for her, and indeed this is what we see even in the workshops that we, their opinion is not worth it, believe that it is a little overrated. Besides, as recently observed at the workshop, are convinced that all the services and so everything they see. they feel as if lost in the crowd and no one will notice just them “- says the expert.
“Recently, we showed at the workshop youth authentic profiles of teenagers and asked to look at them as if they were looking for workers – eg. Guardian to a child or a person to practice. Seen that it gave them to think, understand that today should take care of your reputation for creating a positive image of your network. however, we are at the stage that we are talking about online privacy, and creating a positive image is the next step “- he adds.
Różycka recognizes that young people do not have that from whom to learn. “Irresponsible parents is a nightmare for us. This is what publish, it is sometimes humiliating children far exceeds the convention joke” – he adds.
Notes that very often large irresponsible exhibit new parents – when a child is born to them, they want to brag about it everywhere, publish photos of the bath, which is naked, in the case of older children, for example. Vacation photos in costume.
“And these photos, although it would seem that they have no sexual context, may be attractive for people with pedophile tendencies. Unfortunately it is widespread. Even if we pay attention to parents, because we see such a picture for example. On a social network, play down the problem. A These images then live their own lives and get on the page, on which no parent ever wants photos of your child find “- warns Różycka.
“Praise to the children, but in a way that humiliates them, and yes – we often use such a comparison – so if your child ever been a director, to get them not ashamed” – adds expert.
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