Stranger Is Not Always Danger: The Myth and Reality of Meetings
with Online Strangers

C 2015

Stranger Is Not Always Danger: The Myth and Reality of Meetings with Online Strangers

DĚDKOVÁ, Lenka

Basic information

Original name

Stranger Is Not Always Danger: The Myth and Reality of Meetings with Online Strangers

Authors

DĚDKOVÁ, Lenka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1. vyd. Brno, Living in the digital age: Self-presentation, networking, playing, and participating in politics, p. 78-94, 17 pp. 2015

Publisher

Masarykova univerzita

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Chapter(s) of a specialized book

Field of Study

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/15:00083246

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

ISBN

978-80-210-7810-9

Keywords (in Czech)

setkávání se s lidmi z internetu; kybergrooming; osobní setkání

Keywords in English

meeting online strangers; cybergrooming; face-to-face meetings

Abstract

In the original language

This chapter deals with the topic of face-to-face meetings with people known only from the Internet. First, the popularized picture of online strangers as online pedophiles searching for children online is presented and contradicted to empirical evidence from actual Internet-initiated sexual crimes with minors. Next, the chapter focuses on findings from the general population of young Internet users and shows the typical meetings with online strangers as an activity which mostly happens among adolescent peers and only in a minority of the cases results in negative outcomes. Lastly, the focus shifts to a description and discussion of the nature of such negative experiences based on both quantitative and qualitative data. The consequences of the inaccurate media portrayal of online strangers are also discussed, as well as future directions for research in this area.

Links

EE2.3.20.0184, research and development project

Name: Vytvoření interdisciplinárního týmu v oblasti výzkumu internetu a nových médií

Cite

DĚDKOVÁ, Lenka. Stranger Is Not Always Danger: The Myth and Reality of Meetings with Online Strangers. In Lorentz, P., Smahel, D., Metykova, M., & Wright, M. F. Living in the digital age: Self-presentation, networking, playing, and participating in politics. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, p. 78-94. ISBN 978-80-210-7810-9.

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DĚDKOVÁ, Lenka. Stranger Is Not Always Danger: The Myth and Reality of Meetings with Online Strangers. In Lorentz, P., Smahel, D., Metykova, M., \&{} Wright, M. F. \textit{Living in the digital age: Self-presentation, networking, playing, and participating in politics}. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, p.~78-94. ISBN~978-80-210-7810-9.

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