Significant increase in "sexting", i.e. sending, receiving and promoting provocative nude or semi-nude photos and video μέσω κινητού, καταγράφει έρευνα του Pew Research Center στις ΗΠΑ.
According to the survey, 9% of owners mobile of phones have sent a provocative image or video, while 20% have received a 'sext'. As noted in the survey, this is a significant increase from a statistical point of view compared to 2012 (6% and 15% respectively). Just 3% have forwarded sexts to other users – a percentage that remained unchanged from 2012.
Age remains a basic criterion for sexting: younger adults are more likely to send, receive and promote sexts. 18-24 mobile people are more likely to say they get sexts (44% - 26% 2012), while those who are between 25 and 35 are more likely (compared to older) to say they send sexts (22%) . However, promotion is not a very popular activity (6% ages 18-24, 5% between 25-34).
The rise of sexting is associated with the spread of smartphones, which make it easier to download and share images and videos: 56% of American adults hold smartphones while 2012 was 46%. Smartphone owners are much more likely to get into the sexting process than 'Simple Mobile' owners (27% vs. 10%, in terms of downloading sext - 12% and 4% respectively for sending).
The technology in the life of couples
More generally, research suggests that the Internet, mobile phones and social networks have become an important part of the daily life of couples in the US. According to its results, the 10% of users who are married or have a stable relationship state that the Internet had a "big impact" on their relationship, and 17% speaks of "little effect". 72% argue that the Internet "did not really affect" their relationship.
The 74% of adult users who speak of an effect on their relationship call it "positive". 20% considered negative, while 4% is good and bad.
As for her role technology ως μέσου υποστήριξης και επικοινωνίας, το 25% των ενηλίκων που είναι παντρεμένοι ή βρίσκονται σε σχέση έχουν στείλει γραπτό μήνυμα στον/ στην σύντροφό τους ενώ βρίσκονταν μαζί στο σπίτι. Το 21% έχουν νιώσει «πιο κοντά» εξαιτίας συνομιλιών που είχαν online ή μέσω μηνυμάτων, ενώ το 9% έχουν λύσει διαφωνίες με αυτόν τον τρόπο, τις οποίες αδυνατούσαν να επιλύσουν «face face to face".
However, the use of technology obviously creates tensions: 25% of mobile owners who are in a marriage or relationship have felt that his / her partner's attention has been detached due to the mobile at times when they were together while 8% of their users Internet-affiliated companies have been struggling over the issue of time when one of them goes online. With regard to online activity, 4% of Internet users in a permanent relationship have been upset because they discovered something the comrade was doing online. The respective percentages increase in the age group of 18-29 years. More generally, 45% of Internet users between 18 and 29 who are in serious relationships have reported that the Internet has an impact on their relationship, while just one in ten said the same at the age of 65 and above.
Sharing codes and accounts
67% of internet users who are married or in a relationship have shared their password to one or more online accounts with their partner. Also, 27% have account email they share, a phenomenon that is particularly observed in older people and people with relationships of more than ten years. Also, 11% of married or in a relationship adults who use social networking sites share a social media profile.
