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Online Child Sexual Grooming Discourse

Online Child Sexual Grooming Discourse

Online Child Sexual Grooming Discourse

Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, Swansea University
Craig Evans, Swansea University
Ruth Mullineux-Morgan, Swansea University
October 2023
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    This Element examines technology-assisted grooming of children for sex – henceforth, online grooming – as an illegal practice of communicative manipulation and, as such, something that research within the academic field of forensic linguistics is ideally placed to help counter. The analysis draws upon online grooming datasets of different sizes and provenance, including from law enforcement, and deploys different analytic techniques from primarily discourse analysis. Three features of online grooming discourse are focussed on: groomers' use of manipulation tactics; groomers' abuse of power asymmetries; and children's communication during online grooming. The Element also discusses ways in which findings derived from richly contextualised analysis of online grooming discourse can – when combined with co-creation projects involving child-safeguarding groups, children and lived-experience experts – add considerable value to societal efforts to counter online grooming and other forms of online child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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    October 2023
    Paperback
    9781009314640
    75 pages
    229 × 152 × 6 mm
    0.16kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Series Preface
    • 1 Introduction
    • 2. Online Grooming as Manipulation Discourse: Concept and Method
    • 3. Online Grooming as Language Action
    • 4. Power in Online Grooming Discourse
    • 5. Dismantling Agent/Victim Dichotomies: Children's Discourse during Online Grooming
    • 6. Conclusion: Applications of Research
    • References.
      Authors
    • Nuria Lorenzo-Dus , Swansea University
    • Craig Evans , Swansea University
    • Ruth Mullineux-Morgan , Swansea University