Sexting has become more common with the rise in camera phones and smartphones with Internet access, that can be used to send explicit photographs as well as messages. Exchanges between people who are not yet in a relationship, but where at least one person hopes to be.Exchanges between partners that are shared with others outside the relationship.Exchange of images solely between two romantic partners.The Pew Research Center commissioned a study on sexting, which divides the practice into three types: In August 2012, the word sexting was listed for the first time in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. The first published use of the term sexting was in a 2005 article in the Australian Sunday Telegraph Magazine.
