Editing Text messaging (section)

=== Sexting ===
{{Main|Sexting}}
Sexting is slang for the act of sending sexually explicit or suggestive content between mobile devices using SMS.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Risks and Threats">{{cite web|url=http://www.mysecurecyberspace.com/encyclopedia/index/sexting.html|title=Encyclopedia of Risks and Threats|website=MySecureCyberspace|access-date=13 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922034520/http://www.mysecurecyberspace.com/encyclopedia/index/sexting.html|archive-date=22 September 2009}}</ref> It contains either text, images, or video that is intended to be sexually arousing. Sexting was reported as early as 2005 in ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]] Magazine'',<ref name=SunTele>{{cite news |title=The One and Only |author=Roberts, Yvonne |date=31 July 2005 |page=22 |quote=Following a string of extramarital affairs and several lurid "sexting" episodes, Warne has found himself home alone, with Simone Warne taking their three children and flying the conjugal coop.}}</ref> constituting a trend in the creative use of SMS to excite another with alluring messages throughout the day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grandiva.wordpress.com/2007/02/13/texting-from-faux-pas-to-faux-sex/|title=Texting: From Faux Pas to Faux Sex|website=From the Mind of GrandDiva|date=13 February 2007|access-date=13 January 2009}}</ref>

Although sexting often takes place consensually between two people, it can also occur against the wishes of a person who is the subject of the content.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Risks and Threats"/> A number of instances have been reported in which the recipients of sexting have shared the content of the messages with others, with less intimate intentions, such as to impress their friends or embarrass their sender. Celebrities such as [[Miley Cyrus]], [[Vanessa Hudgens]], and [[Adrienne Bailon]] have been victims of such abuses of sexting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xyhd.tv/2008/12/risque/sexting-with-friends-is-the-new-high-school-note/|title=Sexting with friends is the new High School "note"|website=XYHD.TV|access-date=13 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706001838/http://www.xyhd.tv/2008/12/risque/sexting-with-friends-is-the-new-high-school-note/|archive-date=6 July 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A 2008 survey by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/sextech/ |title=Sex and Tech Survey |publisher=Thenationalcampaign.org |access-date=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326081007/http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/sextech/ |archive-date=26 March 2012 }}</ref> suggested a trend of sexting and other seductive online content being readily shared between teens. One in five teen girls surveyed (22 per cent)—and 11 per cent of teen girls aged 13–16 years old—say they have electronically sent, or posted online, nude or semi-nude images of themselves. One-third (33 per cent) of teen boys and one-quarter (25 per cent) of teen girls say they were shown private nude or semi-nude images. According to the survey, sexually suggestive messages (text, e-mail, and instant messaging) were even more common than images, with 39 per cent of teens having sent or posted such messages, and half of the teens (50 per cent) having received them.

A 2012 study that has received wide international media attention was conducted at the [[University of Utah]] Department of Psychology by Donald S. Strassberg, Ryan Kelly McKinnon, Michael Sustaíta and Jordan Rullo. They surveyed 606 teenagers ages 14–18 and found that nearly 20 per cent of the students said they had sent a sexually explicit image of themselves via cell phone, and nearly twice as many said that they had received a sexually explicit picture. Of those receiving such a picture, over 25 per cent indicated that they had forwarded it to others. In addition, of those who had sent a sexually explicit picture, over a third had done so despite believing that there could be serious legal and other consequences if they got caught. Students who had sent a picture by cell phone were more likely than others to find the activity acceptable. The authors conclude: "These results argue for educational efforts such as cell phone safety assemblies, awareness days, integration into class curriculum and teacher training, designed to raise awareness about the potential consequences of sexting among young people."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Strassberg|first1=Donald|last2=McKinnon|first2=Ryan K.|title=Sexting by High School Students: An Exploratory and Descriptive Study|journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior|date=7 June 2012|doi=10.1007/s10508-012-9969-8|volume=42|issue=1|pages=15–21|pmid=22674035|s2cid=7998778}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Maffly|first=Brian|title='Sexting' prevalent among high-schoolers, study finds|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54324965-78/explicit-messages-nearly-onlinetoday.html.csp|newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune|access-date=5 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Lois|title=As many as 20% of teens have 'sexted', according to new study|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765583658/As-many-as-20-of-teens-have-sexted.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622043733/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765583658/As-many-as-20-of-teens-have-sexted.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 June 2012|newspaper=Deseret News|access-date=4 July 2012|date=16 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sending Sexually Explicit Photos by Cell Phone Is Common Among Teens|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613132939.htm|website=Science Daily|access-date=5 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=U Study Finds 'Sexting' More Common Among Teens Than You Might Think|url=https://archive.unews.utah.edu/news_releases/u-study-finds-sending-sexually-explicit-photos-by-cell-phone-more-common-among-teen-than-you-might-think/|date=14 June 2012|website=[[University of Utah]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Sexting' Prevalent Among High-Schoolers, Study Finds|url=http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/NewsDisplay.asp?NewsNbr=59999|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414191154/http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/NewsDisplay.asp?NewsNbr=59999|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2013|publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Prevention Information Network|access-date=5 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Nauert|first=Rick|title=1 in 5 Teens 'Sexting' – Many Without a Clue|url=http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/06/14/1-in-5-teens-sexting-many-without-a-clue/40142.html|publisher=PsychCentral|access-date=4 July 2012|date=14 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425014620/http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/06/14/1-in-5-teens-sexting-many-without-a-clue/40142.html|archive-date=25 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=U study: More teens 'sext' than previously thought|url=http://fox13now.com/2012/06/14/u-of-u-study-says-high-percentage-of-teens-sharing-sexting-pics/|publisher=Fox 13 News|access-date=4 July 2012|date=15 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Most teens unaware about legal consequences of sexting: Study|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/Most-teens-unaware-about-legal-consequences-of-sexting-Study/articleshow/14128744.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615101011/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/Most-teens-unaware-about-legal-consequences-of-sexting-Study/articleshow/14128744.cms|archive-date=15 June 2012|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=5 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sexting is More Common Among Teens Than Previously Thought, Say Researchers|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/352901/20120616/sexting-more-common-teens-previously-thought-researchers.htm|website=International Business Times|access-date=5 July 2012|date=16 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Why teens indulge in so much 'sexting'?|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/sexandrelationships/why-teens-indulge-in-so-much-sexting/article1-872741.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306102703/http://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/sexandrelationships/why-teens-indulge-in-so-much-sexting/article1-872741.aspx|archive-date=6 March 2014|newspaper=Hindustan Times|url-status=dead|access-date=5 July 2012}}</ref>{{excessive citations inline|date=December 2022}} Sexting becomes a legal issue when teens (under 18) are involved, because any nude photos they may send of themselves would put the recipients in possession of child pornography.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/blog/index.ssf/2008/12/connie_schultz_making_kids_to.html|title=Connie Schultz: Making kids to tell law's naked truth is the perfect sentence|website=The Plain Dealer|date=13 December 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090201173208/http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/blog/index.ssf/2008/12/connie_schultz_making_kids_to.html|archive-date=1 February 2009}}</ref>