Teens, Sex, and Media Effects Understanding Media's Influence on Adolescent Sexuality, Sexual Health, and Advocacy

• Main Authors: Hust, Stacey J.T., Willoughby, Jessica Fitts, Ortiz, Rebecca
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2025; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: adolescence; adolescents; behavior; Behavioral Management; Clinical psychology; Communication studies; Cultural and media studies; Cultural studies; development; Education; health communication; Health systems and services; History; History and Archaeology; identity; Interdisciplinary studies; JBCC1 Popular culture; Language Arts; Mass media and sex; Mass media and teenagers; MBNH4 Birth control, contraception, family planning; media effects; media literacy; Media studies; Medical specialties, branches of medicine; Medicine and Nursing; Medicine: general issues; mental health; Mental health services; Nonfiction; Personal and public health / health education; Psychology; Psychotherapy; public health; Public health and preventive medicine; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; relationships; sexuality; Social, group or collective psychology; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; teenagers; Teenagers-Sexual behavior; youth studies; development; sexuality; adolescents; mental health; youth studies; teenagers; relationships; psychology; health communication; identity; media literacy; adolescence; behavior; public health; media effects

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 t...

Table of Contents:

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