Sexual media youths consume reflected in their online self-presentation
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 07:01
in Psychology & Sociology
When we hear about adolescents and sexual behavior online, it's often in the context of scandal, such as when young people get in trouble for sexting. But even when they are not being sexually explicit, adolescents often present themselves online with varying degrees of sexual intensity. A new study shows that the media that young people consume and their sexual self-concept predict how sexually they present themselves online.