SEX AND VI
OLENCE
IN MEDIA, A
“HOT”
BUTTON ISS
UE
“I’M NOT BAD. I’M JUST
DRAWN THAT WAY.”
TEAM C
JUNE 23, 20
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Sex and Violence early years
0 Sex has always been a big seller
0 Violence was tame and more monitored
0 Early days of media and sex was unheard of
0 A lot of sex was taboo in the media and public
Media and sex today
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Today sex is more in your face.
More sexual the item the more it sells
Young women today are expected to be sexual
Violence is more prevalent in media and films
Negative Effects of Sex & Violence on Adults
Strong females portrayed in violent roles receive less negative reactions
(International Communication Association, 2012).
Media violence is a real threat to public health (Huesman & Taylor).
Negative Effects of Sex & Violence on Adults
“Then shall we allow our children to listen to any story
anyone happens to make up, and so receive into their
minds ideas often the very opposite of those we shall
think they ought to have when they are grown up?”
—Plato, The Republic
What can we do??
0 Parental knowledge/ music, television, Internet, movies, cellphone,
BE AWARE.
0 Sex Education
0 Forbidden Fruit or Tainted Fruit?
0 Accountability
0 Don’t believe everything you see on television, Internet, newspapers,
and magazines
Become a competent media consumer. KNOWLEDGE.
COMMUNICATION’S AFFECT ON
IMMEDIACY AND INTIMACY
COMMUNICATION’S AFFECT ON
IMMEDIACY AND INTIMACY
PROS
0 Increased connection
to others
0 Allows convenient
response times
0 Clear communication
through messages
0 Increased exposure to
media sources
0 Varied choices of
media
0 Increased exposure to
sex and violence: live
vicariously, used as an
outlet
CONS
0 Decreased connection to
others
0 Lack of timely response
0 Miscommunication
through messages
0 Overstimulation from
exposure to never ending
information and media
content
0 Increased connection to
the virtual...