Sexually objectifying portrayals of women are a frequent occurrence in mainstream media,
raising questions about the potential impact of exposure to this content on others' …

ABSTRACT A great deal of pornography research relies on dubious measurements.
Measurement of pornography use has been highly variable across studies and existing …

Whether pornography consumption is a reliable correlate of sexually aggressive behavior
continues to be debated. Meta-analyses of experimental studies have found effects on …

Pornography use is a common activity in the developed world. This work consolidates
research about pornography use into an organizational structure that is relevant to sexual …

For decades, scholars and public health officials have been concerned with the depictions of
sexual aggression in pornography, especially when acts of aggression are depicted with no …

The eighth edition of this text remains an indispensable resource for mass communication
psychology and media effects courses. This book gives readers an in-depth understanding …

A meta‐analysis was conducted to determine whether nonexperimental studies revealed an
association between men's pornography consumption and their attitudes supporting …

Media literacy interventions partly aim at preventing undesirable media effects at a later
point of time. However, longitudinal research on the interaction between media literacy …

Women are often depicted as sex objects rather than as human beings in the media (eg,
magazines, television programs, films, and video games). Theoretically, media depictions of …

In this study, we examined the relations between 3 dimensions of traditional masculine
gender role adherence (playboy, power over women, and violence) and likelihood to …