Print version: Teens, sex, and media effects : understanding media’s influence on adolescent sexuality, sexual health, and advocacy. First edition. New York, New York ; Abingdon, England : Routledge, c2025 xxii, 246 pages ISBN 9781032648859
Contributors xi // Foreword xvi // Jane D. Brown // Acknowledgments xxi // INTRODUCTION 1 // 1 State of the Field: A Look at the Research Landscape on Teens, Sex, and Media 3 // Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Stacey J.T. Hust, Rebecca Ortiz, and Leticia Couto // 2 The Motivations for and Challenges of Conducting Research with Adolescents About Sexuality and Media 15 // Rebecca Ortiz, Jessica Fitts Willoughby, and Stacey J.T. Hust // SECTION 1 // Let’s Talk About Mediated Sex: Using Media for Sexual Identity Development 27 // 3 Section 1 Introduction 29 // Rebecca Ortiz // Mediated Identities: A Qualitative Exploration of How Adolescents from Six Countries Make Sense of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in Media // Stacey J.T. Hust, Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Christina Griselda Nickerson, Ron Price, Rebecca Ortiz, Arian Karimitar, Joy Wanja Muraya, Hyelim Lee, Yoon-Joo Lee, and C. J. Janssen 33 // 5 Making Sense of Mediated Sexuality: Examining the Perceptions of First-Year College Students 45 // Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-Massay // 6 LGBTQ Youth Report on Media-Based Interactions with Their Parents // Marie-Louise Mares and Yuchi Anthony Chen 58 // 7 Girls Just Wanna ... Figure Out Their Sexuality: Exploring the Links between Celebrity Idolization and U.S. Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Self-Concept 69 // Leah Dajches, Larissa Teran, Kun Yan, and Jennifer Stevens Aubrey // 8 Section 1 Commentary // Rebecca Ortiz, Jessica Fitts Willoughby, and Stacey J.T. Hust 83 // SECTION 2 Princesses, Pornography, and Sexual Violence: Understanding the Impact of Teens’ Experiences with Sexual Media Content 87 // 9 Section 2 Introduction 89 // Stacey J.T. Hust // 10 // What Becomes of the Pretty Princess?: Childhood Disney Princess Engagement and Affinity and Women’s Appearance and Relationship Conceptions in Late Adolescence // L. Monique Ward, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Enrica Bridgewater, and Danielle Rosenscruggs 93 //
11 Image-Based Sexting and Sexual Abuse Experiences among Early Adolescents // Joris Van Ouytsel, Chelly Maes, and Laura Vandenbosch // 12 Peers Versus Pixels: Teen Sexting as Influenced by Peer Norms and Pornography Use // Rebecca Lin Densley, McCall Booth, and Jane Shawcroft // 13 Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence Among Adolescents: Prevalence, Age and Gender Differences, Changes Over Time, and Mental Health Outcomes // Jone Martinez-Bacaicoa, Mariana AlonsoFernandez, and Manuel Gamez-Guadix // 14 Section 2 Commentary Stacey J.T. Hust, Rebecca Ortiz, and Jessica Fitts Willoughby // SECTION 3 // Adolescents as Engagers and Creators: Opportunities for Media Education and Advocacy // 15 Section 3 Introduction // Jessica Fitts Willoughby // 16 Media Literacy Education for Comprehensive Sexual Health Promotion // Christina V. Dodson and Tracy M. Scull // 17 Participatory Pathways: Envisioning Youth-Centric Digital Sexual Health Education // Carina M. Zelaya, Rachell Hanebutt, and Angela Cooke-Jackson // 18 Disclosure of Sexual Assault in Entertainment Media: Adolescent Girls’ Sense-Making of Supportive and Unsupportive Sexual Assault Disclosure Narratives // Rachel E. Riggs, Sydney E. Brammer, and Rochelle R. Davidson Mhonde // 187 // 19 Adolescents’ Use of Social Media for Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy 199 // Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Jessica Gall Myrick, Leticia Couto, Stacey J.T. Hust, and Rebecca Ortiz // 20 Section 3 Commentary 211 // Jessica Fitts Willoughby, Rebecca Ortiz, and Stacey J.T. Hust // CONCLUSION 217 // 21 Envisioning the Future of Teens, Sex, and Media Research 219 // Stacey J.T, Hust, Jessica Fitts Willoughby, and Rebecca Ortiz // Measurement Appendix 229 // Index 241