Sexy Media Matter: Exposure to Sexual Content in Music, Movies, Television, and Magazines Predicts Black and White Adolescents' Sexual Behavior

By Jane D. Brown, Kelly L. L’Engle, Carol J. Pardun, Guang-qing Guo, Kristin Kenneavy, C. Jackson. Pediatrics, 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions

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Sexual Socialization Messages in Mainstream Entertainment Mass Media: A Review and Synthesis (2009, background): “Finally, while media messages play a role in adolescent socialization in many areas, the socializing impact of the media is particularly potent in areas where adolescents’ personal experience is limited (Huston et al. 1992) and young teens especially have limited personal experience with sex ( Brown”
Adolescents' Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material and Sexual Preoccupancy: A Three-Wave Panel Study (2008, background): “Scholars progressively agree that adolescents grow up in a sexualized media environment (e.g., Brown et al., 2006; Greenfield, 2004; L’Engle, Brown, & Kenneavy, 2006; Peter & Valkenburg, 2007; Strasburger & Donnerstein, 1999).”
X-Rated (2009, background): “Similar patterns have been found for mainstream sexual content (Ashby et al., 2006; Brown et al., 2006; Collins et al., 2004).”
Mass Media Effects on Youth Sexual Behavior Assessing the Claim for Causality (2011, background): “Most importantly, several of these studies controlled for baseline levels of the sexual outcome of interest (e.g., Brown et al., 2006; Chandra et al., 2008; Collins et al., 2004), demonstrating the role of mass media exposure in sexual behavior or outcome change over time.”
Adolescents' Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material and Notions of Women as Sex Objects: Assessing Causality and Underlying Processes (2009, background): “As a result, researchers have emphasized the primacy of understanding how adolescents’ exposure to SEIM may affect their sexual development (Brown et al., 2006; Wolak et al., 2007).”
Sexy Dolls, Sexy Grade-Schoolers? Media & Maternal Influences on Young Girls’ Self-Sexualization (2012, background): “2008), more sexual intentions and behaviors including earlier debut (Brown et al. 2006; Pardun et al. 2005), and compromised self-efficacy and body-related attitudes (Behm-Morawitz and Mastro 2009; Daniels 2009; Grabe and Hyde 2009).”
Adolescents’ Exposure to a Sexualized Media Environment and Their Notions of Women as Sex Objects (2007, methodology): “As a consequence of these two gaps, Brown et al. (2006) have suggested that “[a]dditional research on the effects of the media on adolescent sexuality should include exposure to Internet more closely to determine the relative influence of each of the component media [of the sexual media diet…”
Video Game Characters and the Socialization of Gender Roles: Young People’s Perceptions Mirror Sexist Media Depictions (2007, background): “Likewise, those who hold more stereotypical attitudes about gender have been shown to have sex earlier and to be less effective with their contraceptive use (Brown et al. 2006; Carpenter 1998; Ward 2002).”
Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Better Be Prepared: An Analysis of the Rare Sexual Health Messages in Young Adolescents' Media (2008, background): “Recent studies have found that more frequent exposure to sexual content in the media during adolescence predicts earlier initiation of sexual intercourse (Brown et al., 2006; Collins et al., 2004).”