Media representations of sexuality in an era of pornification
Döring, Nicola, Krämer, Nicole, Miller, Dan J., Quandt, Thorsten, and Vowe, Gerhard (2024) Media representations of sexuality in an era of pornification. Studies in Communication - Media, 13 (4). pp. 385-400.
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Abstract
As a result of digitalization, sexually explicit media content is now produced and distributed in much greater quantity and variety in private, public, and commercial contexts. Increased normalization of pornography, greater sexualization of media content, and the public debates associated with these developments are indicative of a trend towards pornification. At the same time, interdisciplinary pornography research has been evolving in recent decades, with communication science making important contributions to this area. However, in contrast to gaming research, pornography research is institutionalized to a much lesser extent. There is a “Game Studies” division within the International Communication Association (ICA), but no equivalent “Porn Studies” division. And to our knowledge, this Special Issue is the first Special Issue of an ICA-associated journal dedicated to pornography. The five empirical articles in this issue deal with different aspects of pornification, namely press coverage of OnlyFans.com, non-commercial production and distribution of pornographic images among gay, bisexual, and queer men, different preferences for pornographic content when viewed alone or in a partnership, computer-generated rough sex pornography, and an intervention to promote pornography literacy. This Special Issue aims to encourage communication science to devote more attention to sexually explicit communication and to help close existing gaps in research.
| Item ID: | 84395 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2192-4007 |
| Keywords: | Sexually explicit media content, media representations of sexuality, erotica, pornography, pornification, pornographization, media content analysis, pornography literacy |
| Copyright Information: | Published under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2025 23:23 |
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