Researchers and media commentators often claim that young people are increasingly
learning about sex through pornography, but evidence about this is unclear. This article …

The body of empirical research on Internet sexuality has grown steadily since 1993. The
following paper provides an overview of the current state of research in this field in its full …

It is an honour to be part of the 20th anniversary celebrations for Sexualities and to have the
opportunity to express appreciation for the space the journal has opened up. It has become …

Pornography has become a primary source of sexual education. At the same time,
mainstream commercial pornography has coalesced around a relatively homogenous script …

This article examines the ways in which mainstream pornography positions sexual violence
as a normative sexual script by analysing the video titles found on the landing pages of the …

How do people access movies today? What are the most popular and powerful channels for
media distribution on a global scale? How are film industries changing in the face of media …

This fourth edition of Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts is an
indispensible guide to the most important terms in the field. It offers clear explanations of the …

This article contrasts the Megan's Story campaign, a recent Australian media and policy
response to sexting (the act of taking and transmitting naked or semi-naked pictures via …

To date, there has been much quantitative research conducted on sexting, often with a focus
on investigating its prevalence among young people and which also typically presents the …

The bold argument of Mediated Intimacy (Barker et al., 2018) 1 is that media of various kinds
play an increasingly important role in sha** people's knowledge, desires, practices and …