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    Critical Reflections

    Series series Routledge New Security Studies
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    Connecting, Sharing and Empowering

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book grasps the duality between opportunities and risks which arise from children’s and adolescents’ social media use. It investigates the following main themes, from a multidisciplinary perspective: identity, privacy, risks and empowerment. Social media have become an integral part of young people’s lives. While social media offer adolescents opportunities for identity and relational ... Read more

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    In the current debate around sexting, this book gives a nuanced account of motives, contexts and possible risks of intimate digital communication.Authors discuss how social media shape new dating opportunities through apps and dating sites, how sexting fits within individual’s relational and sexual development. They examine the relationships between sexting, health and sexual risk behaviours and ... Read more

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