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The Effects of Adolescents' Exposure to Harmful Content on Digital Sexual Crime and the Mediating Effects of Digital Hate Speech

청소년의 유해콘텐츠 접촉 경험이 디지털 성범죄 노출에 미치는 영향과 디지털 혐오 표현의 매개효과

  • Sunghui Cho (Dept. of Social Welfare, Seoul Theological University)
  • Received : 2024.09.30
  • Accepted : 2024.10.08
  • Published : 2024.10.31
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Abstract

This study aims to examine the influence of exposure to harmful content and digital hate speech on adolescents' exposure to digital sexual crimes, an issue that has been escalating in society. Additionally, it seeks to verify the mediating effect of digital hate speech in the relationship between exposure to harmful content and exposure to digital sexual crimes. To achieve this, the research model was investigated using structural equation modeling (SEM) with data from 9,218 adolescents who participated in the 2023 Cyberbullying Survey. The findings confirmed both the direct influence of harmful content exposure and digital hate speech on adolescents' exposure to digital sexual crimes, as well as the mediating effect of digital hate speech in the relationship between harmful content exposure and digital sexual crime exposure. Based on these research findings, the study proposed for preventing adolescents' exposure to digital sexual crimes.

본 연구는 사회적으로 문제가 심화되고 있는 청소년의 디지털 성범죄와 관련하여 디지털 성범죄 노출에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 유해 콘텐츠 노출과 디지털 혐오 표현의 영향력을 검증하고, 유해 콘텐츠 노출과 디지털 성범죄 노출의 관계에서 디지털 혐오 표현의 매개효과를 검증을 목적으로 하였다. 이를 위해 2023 사이버폭력실태조사에 참여한 9,218명의 청소년을 대상으로 구조방정식모형을 활용해 연구모형을 검증하였다. 연구 결과를 통하여 청소년의 디지털 성범죄 노출에 유해 콘텐츠 노출과 디지털 혐오 표현의 직접적인 영향력과 함께 유해 콘텐츠 노출과 디지털 성범죄 노출의 관계에서 디지털 혐오 표현의 매개효과를 확인하였다. 연구 결과를 기반으로 청소년의 디지털 성범죄 노출을 막기 위한 방안을 제언하였다.

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이 연구는 2024년도 서울신학대학교 교내연구비 지원에 의한 연구임.

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