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Volume 14, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1757-1898
  • E-ISSN: 1757-1901

Abstract

This study adds to the existing literature on mediated sexual intimacy by exploring young people’s negotiations of sexual self-representations online within a culturally diverse sample. We apply a discourse-theoretical analysis to the data gathered using our visual creative methodology consisting of six focus groups with youngsters between the ages of 13 and 20 years old ( = 57). Although the representation of youth in public and academic discourses is often White, gendered and heteronormative, diversity is growing within digital youth cultures. Our analysis shows that this diversity affects the moral negotiations of young people by providing specific understandings of gender in relation to ethnic–cultural and religious identities.

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This study was supported by the:
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) (Award G020317N)
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