1st Edition
Teens, Sex, and Media Effects Understanding Media’s Influence on Adolescent Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Advocacy
With teens having more control and choice over their media consumption than ever before, this book highlights how the current media landscape impacts adolescent sexuality in the areas of identity development, romantic and sexual relationships, sexual health, and advocacy and education.
Recognizing that teens are often media multitaskers and media effects do not occur in isolation by platform, the book includes examinations of a wide variety of media types and content to provide a more comprehensive look at the media landscape and its impact on teen sexuality. While the text includes empirical, data-driven chapters that are authored by experts in the field, it also prioritizes the diverse voices of teens throughout. All research studies featured in the book are informed by data collection with teens themselves from various parts of the world representing a range of teen identities.
This is a key text for researchers and undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of communication (including media effects and health communication); human development; psychology; and public health, with relevance to parents, educators, and policy makers as well.
List of Contributors
Foreword
Jane D. Brown and James L. Knight
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. State of the Field: A Look at the Research Landscape on Teens, Sex, and Media
Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Stacey J. T. Hust, Rebecca Ortiz, and Leticia Couto
2. The Motivations for and Challenges Conducting Research with Adolescents about Sexuality and Media
Rebecca Ortiz, Jessica Fitts Willoughby, and Stacey J. T. Hust
Section 1: Let’s Talk About Mediated Sex: Using Media for Sexual Identity Development
3. Section 1 Introduction
Rebecca Ortiz
4. Mediated Identities: A Qualitative Exploration of How Adolescents from Six Countries Make Sense of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Media
Stacey J. T. Hust, Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Christina Griselda Nickerson, Ron Price, Rebecca Ortiz, Arian Karimitar, Joy Wanja Muraya, Hyelim Lee, Yoon Joo Lee, & CJ Janssen
5. Making Sense of Mediated Sexuality: Examining the Perceptions of First-Year College Students
Charisse L'Pree
6. LGBTQ Youth Report on Media-Based Interactions with their Parents
Marie-Louise Mares and Yuchi Anthony Chen
7. Girls Just Wanna. . .Figure Out Their Sexuality: Exploring the Links between Celebrity Idolization and U.S. Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Self-Concept
Leah Dajches, Larissa Terán, Kun Yan, and Jennifer Stevens Aubrey
8. Section 1 Commentary
Rebecca Ortiz, Jessica Fitts Willoughby and Stacey J. T. Hust
Section 2: Princesses, Pornography, and Sexual Violence: Understanding the Impact of Teens’ Experiences with Sexual Media Content
9. Section 2 Introduction
Stacey J. T. Hust
10. What Becomes of the Pretty Princess? Childhood Princess Engagement and Women’s Gender and Relationship Conceptions in Late Adolescence
L. Monique Ward, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Enrica Bridgewater, and Danielle Rosenscruggs
11. Image-Based Sexting and Sexual Abuse Experiences among Early Adolescents
Joris Van Ouytsel, Chelly Maes, and Laura Vandenbosch
12. Peers vs. Pixels: Teen Sexting as Influenced by Peer Norms and Pornography Use
Rebecca Densley, McCall Booth, and Jane Shawcroft
13. Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence among Adolescents: Prevalence, Age and Gender Differences, Changes over Time, and Mental Health Outcomes
Jone Martínez-Bacaicoa, Mariana Alonso, Manuel Gámez-Guadix
14. Section 2 Commentary
Stacey J. T. Hust, Rebecca Ortiz and Jessica Fitts Willoughby
Section 3: Adolescents as Engagers and Creators: Opportunities for Media Education and Advocacy
15. Section 3 Introduction
Jessica Fitts Willoughby
16. Media Literacy Education for Comprehensive Sexual Health Promotion
Christina V. Dodson and Tracy M. Scull
17. Participatory Pathways: Envisioning Youth-Centric Digital Sexual Health Education
Carina M. Zelaya, Rachel Hanebutt & Angela Cooke-Jackson
18. Disclosure of Sexual Assault in Entertainment Media: Adolescent Girls’ Sense-making of Supportive and Unsupportive Sexual Assault Disclosure Narratives
Rachel E. Riggs, Rochelle Davidson Mhonde, and Sydney E. Brammer
19. Adolescent’ Use of Social Media for Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy
Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Jessica Gall Myrick, Leticia Couto, Stacey J. T. Hust, Rebecca Ortiz
20. Section 3 Commentary
Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Rebecca Ortiz, and Stacey J. T. Hust
Conclusion
21. Envisioning the Future of Teens, Sex, and Media Research
Stacey J. T. Hust, Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Rebecca Ortiz
Measures Appendix
Index
Biography
Stacey J.T. Hust, Ph.D., Washington State University, United States, is a professor of health communication and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and College Operations. She studies how media influence adolescents’ romantic and sexual lives.
Rebecca Ortiz, Ph.D., Syracuse University, United States, is an associate professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications whose research focuses on sexual health promotion, sexual violence prevention, and sexual media effects on adolescents and young adults.
Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Ph.D., Washington State University, United States, is a Lester M. Smith Distinguished Associate Professor in the Murrow College of Communication. She examines how media can be used to improve health attitudes and behaviors among adolescents.
