Cyberbullying and Sexting: Regulatory Challenges in the Digital Age

Abstract

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- 1. Introduction -- I. Key Terms and Definitions -- II. Measuring 'Extent' -- III. Northern Ireland as a Research Site -- IV. Framing the Analysis: Childhood, Agency and Youth Sexuality -- V. Methodological Design: A Brief Outline -- VI. Overview of the Book -- 2. Young People who DisplayHarmful Behaviours Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives -- I. Key Terms: Children, Childhood and Adolescence -- II. Constructions of Childhood -- III. Childhood and the Social Construction of 'Victim' and 'Offender' -- IV. Framing of 'Childhood', 'Deviance' and the 'Young Offender' -- V. Childhood and the Emergence of the 'Online' Offender: Sexting and Cyberbullying -- VI. Conclusion -- 3. Young People who Display Harmful Sexual Behaviour: A Review -- I. Conceptual Frameworks Influencing Youth Sexuality: The Northern Ireland Context -- II. Theoretical Influences -- III. Feminist Narratives: A Brief Introduction -- IV. Harmful Sexual Behaviour -- V. Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Children and Young People -- VI. Conclusion -- 4. Narratives on 'Cyberbullying' Among Young People -- I. Conceptualising (Cyber)Bullying: Definitional Issues -- II. On- and Offline Bullying: A Comparison -- III. Online Harms: Beyond Bullying -- IV. Gendered Dimensions to Online Harmful Behaviours -- V. The Role of the 'Bystander' -- VI. The Harmful Impact of Cyberbullying -- VII. Conclusion -- 5. Narratives on 'Sexting' Among Young People -- I. Conceptualising Sexting: Terminology and Definitional Issues -- II. Sexting: Emergence and Nature of the Behaviour -- III. Sexting: 'Harmful' Sexual Behaviour? -- IV. Gendered Dimensions to Sexting -- V. The Harmful Impact of Sexting -- VI. Conclusion -- 6. Peer-Based Sexting, Law and Issues of Consent.