HS Library/IT Advisory: Sexting & Oversharing

Questions to Discuss in Trios

• Why did Ally share the nude pic of herself with her ex-boyfriend?
• What might be some reasons for why her ex-boyfriend forwarded the pic on to others?
• What if the tables were turned, and Ally had forwarded a sext that her ex-boyfriend had sent her. Would people have reacted the same way at school? Would the boy have been called names, the same way that Ally was? 
• Do you think that sexting should be against the law?

Self-disclosure

Oversharing

Sexting

Distribution / Dissemination of child pornography

Flirtexting

Click here or on the image below to learn more about sexting and lots of other issues such as digital cruelty, constant messaging, and on-line spying.

1. What do you post? What's something you heard of someone posting that they regretted?  

2.  What is one way that digital communication can enhance relationships?

3.  How do people communicate differently on-line than they might face-to-face?

4.  How might self-disclosing using digital technology be even riskier than self-disclosing face-to-face?

5.  How would you reply to the text message in this situation:

Click on this infographic image to access the full PDF. Scan through it with a partner. Take note of:

1. One statistic that was higher than you would have expected

2. One statistic that was lower than you would have expected

3. One statistic that you thought was most important & explain what makes you say that