Teen girls, sexual double standards and 'sexting': Gendered value in digital image exchange

Feminist Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 305-323

  Ringrose, Jessica ^a   Harvey, Laura ^b   Gill, Rosalind ^c   Livingstone, Sonia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'sexualisation'; Blackberry Messenger; digital images; Facebook; slut shaming; social networking; teen femininity; teen masculinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885061373     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700113499853     Document Type: Article

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