Sex on TV: A Biennial Report to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Abstract

The structure for our report of findings is organized into the following sections summarized here. First we examine the Frequency of Sexual Content throughout the overall television landscape assessing the nature and amount of talk about sex and sexual behavior. These analyses are followed by sections that indicate the findings regarding Talk about Sex and Sexual Behaviors while also providing clear examples that illustrate each of the categories of sexual talk and behavior examined in the study. Next we turn our attention to the issue of Safer Sex Messages where we assess how if at all such issues are incorporated into scenes and overall program themes with sexual content. That is followed by a further examination of Sciences with Sexual Intercourse that helps us to understand the messages television conveys when it presents such behavior. (excerpt)