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Found to encourage first time one night stands, regardless of outcome shown on program
SANTA BARBARA, CA, September 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Content analyses demonstrate that TV programming is highly saturated with sexual content and risky sexual behavior. A new study in the September 2008 issue of the Journal of Communication shows that people with direct experience with such behavior are not influenced by its portrayal on TV. However, those without direct experience are more likely to participate in the unsafe behavior in the future, regardless of the consequences displayed.
Robin L. Nabi and Shannon Clark of the University of California conducted two studies to assess whether or not televised depictions of risky sexual behaviors alter viewers' expectations of their own future sexual behaviors, regardless of their consequences
In the first study, researchers examined the contents of TV programming schemas and found that viewers expect main characters to ultimately survive and thrive despite the adversity they face. In the second study, college women were exposed to various portrayals of promiscuous sexual behavior, such as one night stands, that were edited to display more or less positive or negative outcomes.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/sep/08093006.html
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