Teens, Sex, and Media Effects

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 in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. She studies how media influence adolescents’ romantic and sexual lives. Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Ph.D., Washington State University, United States, is a Lester M. Smith Distinguished Associate Professor in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. She examines how media can be used to improve health attitudes and behaviors among adolescents. 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.

List of Contributors Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. State of the Field: A Look at the Research Landscape on Teens, Sex, and Media 2. The Motivations for and Challenges Conducting Research with Adolescents about Sexuality and Media Section 1: Let’s Talk About Mediated Sex: Using Media for Sexual Identity Development 3. Section 1 Introduction 4. Mediated Identities: A Qualitative Exploration of How Adolescents from Six Countries Make Sense of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Media 5. Making Sense of Mediated Sexuality: Examining the Perceptions of First-Year College Students 6. LGBTQ Youth Report on Media-Based Interactions with their Parents 7. Girls Just Wanna. . .Figure Out Their Sexuality: Exploring the Links between Celebrity Idolization and U.S. Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Self-Concept 8. Section 1 Commentary Section 2: Princesses, Pornography, and Sexual Violence: Understanding the Impact of Teens’ Experiences with Sexual Media Content 9. Section 2 Introduction 10. What Becomes of the Pretty Princess? Childhood Princess Engagement and Women’s Gender and Relationship Conceptions in Late Adolescence 11. Image-Based Sexting and Sexual Abuse Experiences among Early Adolescents 12. Peers vs. Pixels: Teen Sexting as Influenced by Peer Norms and Pornography Use 13. Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence among Adolescents: Prevalence, Age and Gender Differences, Changes over Time, and Mental Health Outcomes 14. Section 2 Commentary Section 3: Adolescents as Engagers and Creators: Opportunities for Media Education and Advocacy 15. Section 3 Introduction 16. Media Literacy Education for Comprehensive Sexual Health Promotion 17. Participatory Pathways: Envisioning Youth-Centric Digital Sexual Health Education 18. Disclosure of Sexual Assault in Entertainment Media: Adolescent Girls’ Sense-making of Supportive and Unsupportive Sexual Assault Disclosure Narratives 19. Adolescent’ Use of Social Media for Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy 20. Section 3 Commentary Conclusion 21. Envisioning the Future of Teens, Sex, and Media Research Measures Appendix Index