Understanding the Role of Entertainment Media in the Sexual Socialization of American Youth: A Review of Empirical Research.

By L. Monique Ward. 2003

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Subfields: Communication, Gender Studies, Literature and Literary Theory

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Predicting Objectification: Do Provocative Clothing and Observer Characteristics Matter? (2007, background): “There is growing evidence of the media’s role as a sexual socialization agent, and how both magazines and television influence ideas about sex (Cowan 2002; Ward 2003 ).”
“Putting on” Sexiness: A Content Analysis of the Presence of Sexualizing Characteristics in Girls’ Clothing (2011, background): “For example, in magazines aimed at adolescent girls, there is a dominant focus on the importance of females attracting males by their physical appearance (e.g., Ward 2003 ).”
Ten Years of Longitudinal Research on U.S. Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Developmental Correlates of Sexual Intercourse, and the Importance of Age, Gender and Ethnic Background. (2008, background): “These include the influence and socializing effects of the media (Ward, 2003), the impact of siblings, and the possibility that adult responsibilities (such as paid work) may influence sexual behavior.”
The Relationship of Yoga, Body Awareness, and Body Responsiveness to Self-Objectification and Disordered Eating (2005, background): “Empirical evidence has documented that women are sexually objectified more often than men in visual mass media (for a review, see Ward, 2003 ).”
Are Feminist Women Protected from Body Image Problems? A Meta-analytic Review of Relevant Research (2009, background): “In a recent review of the data she concluded that women were objectified in the media to a greater extent than men ( Ward 2003 ).”
Oppressive Beliefs at Play: Associations among Beauty Ideals and Practices and Individual Differences in Sexism, Objectification of Others, and Media Exposure (2010, background): “Moreover, there is a growing body of work implicating the media in shaping ideas about sexuality (e.g., Cowan, 2002; Ward, 2003), the objectification of women (for a review, see Ward, 2003), and the social denigration of women (e.”
Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't…If You're a Girl: Relational and Normative Contexts of Adolescent Sexting in the United States (2014, background): “As a result, both media and peers often play a significant role in shaping adolescents’ sexual attitudes, beliefs, and expectancies, and both information sources may contribute to an erroneous perception that “everyone is doing it” (Ward, 2003).”
Media Exposure and Viewers' Attitudes Toward Homosexuality: Evidence for Mainstreaming or Resonance? (2009, background): “Prominent among them are likely to be the media, which youth frequently cite as a top source of sexual information (e.g., Brown, Halpern, & L’Engle, 2005; Ward, 2003).”
Adolescents' Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material and Notions of Women as Sex Objects: Assessing Causality and Underlying Processes (2009, background): “As a result, one of the typical problems of online surveys—a systematic bias in samples through differing Internet access—may be less troublesome in The Netherlands than in countries where adolescents’ Internet access is more limited.”
Adolescents’ Exposure to a Sexualized Media Environment and Their Notions of Women as Sex Objects (2007, background): “Regarding the first assumption, evidence has accumulated that the sexual content in the media has increased in the recent decades (for a review, see Ward, 2003).”
The harms of pornography exposure among children and young people (2009, background): “…and frequent exposure to sexual content in mainstream media produces greater sexual knowledge and more liberal sexual attitudes among children and young people, as a series of reviews document (APA, 2007; Huston et al., 1998; Strasburger and Wilson, 2002; Thornburgh and Lin, 2002; Ward, 2003).”
Hook-up behavior: A biopsychosocial perspective. (2008, background): “This is supported by a cultural context that allows the sexual socialization of youth ( Ward, 2003 ) and a social milieu that facilitates this behavior, such as a university campus setting (Elliott & Brantley, 1997).”
Exploring the Limits of Social Cognitive Theory: Why Negatively Reinforced Behaviors on TV May Be Modeled Anyway (2008, background): “Although SCT is often used as a theoretical explanation for the potential effects of TV programming on adolescents’ sexual attitudes and behaviors, most empirical work tests cultivation-based predictions in which quantity of media exposure (both overall and certain genres) serves as the explanatory ”
The Impact of Sexually Objectifying Media Exposure on Negative Body Emotions and Sexual Self-Perceptions: Investigating the Mediating Role of Body Self-Consciousness (2007, background): “These studies have shown that sexual media exposure is related to sexual attitudes, expectations, beliefs, and behaviors (see Ward, 2003, for a comprehensive review).”
Performing Gender: A Content Analysis of Gender Display in Music Videos (2011, background): “(consciously and unconsciously), reflected upon, and imitated play a key role (Aubrey et al. 2003; Gamson et al. 1992; Morgan 1987; Ward 2003).”