Meeting online strangers offline: The nature of upsetting experiences of adolescent girls
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F14%3A00076753" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/14:00076753 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/commun-2014-0115" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/commun-2014-0115</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/commun-2014-0115" target="_blank" >10.1515/commun-2014-0115</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Meeting online strangers offline: The nature of upsetting experiences of adolescent girls
Original language description
The present study focuses on meeting online strangers face-to-face. This activity represents one of the least prevalent but also most feared online risks for youth. Due to the low number of youth experiencing upsetting meetings and the dominance of quantitative research designs in the area, the current state of knowledge does not provide a clear view of what happens at meetings that youths find upsetting. The aim of the present study is to enrich knowledge in this area by exploring such upsetting experiences in more depth by using qualitative methodology. Based on 14 interviews with Czech girls aged 15 to 18, who reported upsetting meetings with online strangers, the study identifies the discrepancy between expectations and reality as the core reason for these negative feelings. There were several reasons for this discrepancy: different developmental phases, related different experiences with romantic relationships, and exaggeration of impressions formed online.
Czech name
—
Czech description
—
Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AN - Psychology
OECD FORD branch
—
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.20.0184" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0184: Assembling an Interdisciplinary Team for the Research of Internet and New Media</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Communications - European Journal of Communication Research
ISSN
0341-2059
e-ISSN
—
Volume of the periodical
39
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
327-346
UT code for WoS article
000343316500006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
—