This assignment is Milestone Two of final paper. You have already selected your topic, so this week you will present between seven to ten references, selected from scholarly databases such as through your college library. Please avoid most websites, or magazines, newspapers, blogs, websites that end in .com (since many are proprietary and can be biased), and editorial type references. Ideally, your references should come from library databases, Google Scholar, and APA databases. Sometimes you can find scholarly articles in websites that end in .edu, .gov, or .org, but please be careful. Ideally your articles should be research studies, and should be no older than 10 years (as our field is constantly changing and updating). Occasionally you can find references from classical and seminal works, including books. You may use our text as one of your references.
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The Media and how it Effects Sexuality
Essence Barron
Texas A&M university
The Media and how it Effects Sexuality
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The way the media portrays a person’s sexuality has significant effects. In today’s society,
the majority of the media promotes sexuality as commonplace and expected. In the media, young
girls are portrayed as flirty and engaging in sex at a very young age. In it, young males are
portrayed as sexual predators or as forcing girls into having sex with them. It is uncommon to
find a program that presents sexuality in an age-appropriate manner for its audience.
Additionally, young gays and lesbians are represented in the media more frequently than they
were a few years ago. Young people’s increasing awareness has both positive and harmful
effects. More people than ever are aware of the negative consequences of early sexual activity,
including pregnancy and STDs (De Ridder, S., & Van Bauwel, 2015). Nevertheless, the
increased sexual stimulation makes it more acceptable for our younger generations to engage in
sexual activity and have children earlier than is healthy. Due to the youths’ lack of education, this
also results in more STDs being contracted.
References
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De Ridder, S., & Van Bauwel, S. (2015). Youth and intimate media cultures: Gender, sexuality,
relationships, and desire as storytelling practices in social networking sites.
Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, 40, 319340.
doi:10.1515/commun-20150012
