week 4

Question 1

what is pornification

Answer 1

The absorption by mainstream culture of representations commonly found in pornography

Question 2

what are the 4 categories of research

Answer 2

content analysis, associative, meta-analytic, experimental

Question 3

what is content analysis

Answer 3

Identify themes and trends in what they are seeing

Question 4

what is associative

Answer 4

Correlational (not causal!!)

Question 5

what is meta-analytic

Answer 5

Statistical review of the literature

Question 6

what is experimental

Answer 6

Causal claims can be made here

Question 7

issues of experimental in human sexuality/porn

Answer 7

• Can enforce traditional view of male/female sexuality
• Distorts the experience of viewing pornography
• Removed from original context/environment, function

Question 8

what is cross-gender viewer identification

Answer 8

Identifying with a film character of the opposite/other sex