Fun, flirtation and fear : selfies in teenage girls digital exchange cultures

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dc.contributor.author Janak, Raksha
dc.contributor.author Bhana, Deevia
dc.contributor.author Reddy, Valerie
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-01T12:27:15Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-01T12:27:15Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.description DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions. en_US
dc.description.abstract This paper explores teenage girls' engagement with digital images on social media. Using new feminist materialism, we foreground digital images as an assemblage of materialities (human and more-than-human) filled with affective potentials that materialise in/capacities. Drawing from interviews and focus group discussions, we show how the production and sharing of selfies through posting and sexting unlocked new ‘becomings’ through expressions of heterosexual desirability and pleasure but also generated fear through sexual objectification, sexual double standards and harassment. A recognition of digital images as materially embodied through which unequal gender power relations materialise is vital to addressing online sexual risk. en_US
dc.description.department Educational Psychology en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-05:Gender equality en_US
dc.description.sponsorship The National Research Foundation of South Africa. en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/chso en_US
dc.identifier.citation Janak, R., Bhana, D., & Reddy, V. (2024). Fun, flirtation and fear: Selfies in teenage girls digital exchange cultures. Children & Society, 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12891. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0951-0605 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1099-0860 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1111/chso.12891
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/98416
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Wiley en_US
dc.rights © 2024 The Author(s). Children & Society published by National Children's Bureau and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License. en_US
dc.subject Girls en_US
dc.subject New feminist materialism en_US
dc.subject Selfies en_US
dc.subject Social media en_US
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_US
dc.subject SDG-05: Gender equality en_US
dc.title Fun, flirtation and fear : selfies in teenage girls digital exchange cultures en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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