Adolescents' contact with sexuality in mainstream media: a selection-based perspective. From: The Journal of Sex Research | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: Bakker, Floor; de Graaf, Hanneke; Hawk, Skyler T.; Vanwesenbeeck, Ine | COPYRIGHT 2006 Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Most work on adolescents' contact with sexuality in mainstream media has been framed in terms of media effects upon the sexual self-concepts, attitudes, and behaviors of youth, even when such causality cannot be inferred. Rarely examined are the sexual characteristics of adolescents that may predict contact with sexual media. Using Steele's (1999) Media Practice Model as a foundation, we reported on these associations for 2,184 Dutch adolescents. This study emphasized sex differenc...