Young people as creators of sexually explicit online material : fan fiction and the law in Australia

Hadeel Al-Alosi

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Abstract

Unlike the previous generations, individuals today are not merely consuming media online, but creating their own material and sharing it among a wide and global audience. Of concern is that the law has not caught up with the way in which individuals are using the new digital communication technologies to share this content, as highlighted by the potential criminalisation of young people who create material containing sexually explicit themes under the child abuse materials legislation. Accordingly, this paper seeks to investigate the potential criminalisation of young people for user-generated content in the form of fan-fiction stories. As will be discussed, some of this material contains sexually themes that trigger the child abuse material legislation, thus highlighting the law’s unintended consequences.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1552-1565
Number of pages14
JournalPeople: International Journal of Social Sciences
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Internet
  • criminal law
  • young adults
  • youth
  • fan fiction
  • online social networks

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