Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Sexual Development?
- Part II How Do We Study Sexual Development?
- Part III Media, Family, Education
- Media
- 20 Entertainment Media’s Role in the Sexual Socialization of Western Youth
- 21 Adventure, Intimacy, Identity, and Knowledge
- 22 A Sociological/Psychological Model for Understanding Pornography and Adolescent Sexual Behavior
- 23 Young People, Pornography, and Gendered Sexual Practices
- Family
- Education
- Index
- References
21 - Adventure, Intimacy, Identity, and Knowledge
Exploring How Social Media Are Shaping and Transforming Youth Sexuality
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 December 2018
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Sexual Development?
- Part II How Do We Study Sexual Development?
- Part III Media, Family, Education
- Media
- 20 Entertainment Media’s Role in the Sexual Socialization of Western Youth
- 21 Adventure, Intimacy, Identity, and Knowledge
- 22 A Sociological/Psychological Model for Understanding Pornography and Adolescent Sexual Behavior
- 23 Young People, Pornography, and Gendered Sexual Practices
- Family
- Education
- Index
- References
Summary
Contemporary approaches to young peoples' use of technology and social media are often framed within a discourse of risk and harm. This chapter explores how this anti-technology approach flattens the complexities of young peoples' experiences with social media and limits the ways that young peoples' sexuality can be understood. The authors analyze contemporary discourses about sexuality and social media and present a review of empirical research, including their own. They show how young people's stories and ideas complicate gendered, heteronormative discourses about sex and social media.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual DevelopmentChildhood and Adolescence, pp. 419 - 438Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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