The Effects of Sexually Explicit Media Content on Adolescents and Some Intervention Methods
Adolescents spend most of their time with media. Media broadcasts such as television, movies, internet and music clips frequently include some degree of sexually explicit content. Exposure to these kind of sexual content in media may lead to early sexual intercourse, risky sexual behavior, adoles...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sada Institute of Art and Language Studies
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Nesne Psikoloji Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.nesnedergisi.com/makale/pdf/1487676204.pdf |
| Summary: | Adolescents spend most of their time with media. Media broadcasts such as
television, movies, internet and music clips frequently include some degree of sexually
explicit content. Exposure to these kind of sexual content in media may lead to early sexual
intercourse, risky sexual behavior, adolescent pregnancy, alcohol and cigarette consumption,
stereotypes about sexuality, acceptance of rape myths and the increase of positive
expectancies about sexuality. There are several intervention methods to prevent adolescents
from these negative effects. Some of these methods are parental mediation, use of mediarating systems, and media literacy education. Studies show that restrictive parental mediation
prevents adolescents from the negative effects of sexual content in media to some degree.
Media-rating systems seem useful for the parents but they may lead to forbidden fruit effect
on adolescents. However, media literacy education on sexual content in media has a very
clear and positive effect in the prevention. Adolescents in Turkey may also be exposed to
sexually explicit content through various ways like internet or television. When this situation
is considered, presenting information about the effects of sexually explicit content in media
and some intervention methods about it may be beneficial. With this review, it is expected to
present some information and recommendations to the politicians, parents and researchers. |
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| ISSN: | 2147-6489 2147-6489 |