Sunghui Cho, Journal of Internet Computing and Services, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 163-169, Oct. 2024
10.7472/jksii.2024.25.5.163, Full Text:
Keywords: digital sexual crime, harmful content, digital hate speech, Adolescents

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.

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