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JMC 1100 1st Edition Lecture 23Media Uses and Effects. Porn Again: Erotica and SocietyMedia Today- Twitter and the 1st Amendmento Site will block offensive tweets from people directly - Time to Trip…o Snorricam used to convey drunkenness, drug use and insanity in moviesLast Time- Sexual content in the mediao Sex expectationso Gender rolesToday- The influence of Erotica and Porn in Society- Concerns about the amount of Porn in Society- Theories to ConsiderThe Brighter Side of Erotica (Porn is such and Ugly Word)- History= People love Porno 35,000 BC- early humans use eoric statues as fertility gods/ goddesseso Ancient Greeks and Romans paint sex acts on public sculptures and frescoso 200- Kama SutraErotica Creates Literacy- 1594- Italians Pietro Aretino and Giulio Romano create “I Modi” aka “The 16 Pleasures”o Aretino writes sonnets, Romano draws pictures- 1st Erotic Novel become possibly only book Europeans know in 16th Century - Responsible for spread of literacy in Europe (not Gutenberg Bible)Erotica Speeds Tech Adoption- 1839- Frenchman Louis Daguerre invents Daguerreotype (precursor to modern photography)o Erotic photos follow (Oldest erotic photo- 1846)- 1888- Frenchman Louis La Prince invents film camerao 1896- 1st porn films producedo 1900- “Stag” films take offo Gypsy Rose Lee becomes star- 1975- video cassette recorders inventedThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- 1980- 60% of video sales = porno helped VCR defeated Betamaxo could help Blu-Ray defeat HD-DVDS- Without it we wouldn’t have:o Secure web-based credit card payment systemo Content streamingo Live chato Broadband distributiono No Porn= No Amazon or Netflix What it is…. Porn vs. Obscenity- Obscenityo 1973 Miller vs. California Obscenity Test- Content and images must meet three criteria to be considered obscene: Violate contemporary community standards Patently offensive Lacking serious artistic, literary, political or scientific value- Pornography is protected under the First Amendment as free speech- Obscenity is NOT protectedBirth of Internet= digital Gomorrah- 1993- internet officially launched- 1995- 80% of internet traffic= porn- 1999- Web’s Most Lucrative Industryo Many Porn Stars become Mainstream StarsPorn in the U.S.A- Today, 4.2 million porn websiteso 30% of all internet traffic= porn (68 million daily- As of 2013 porn generated 12 billion revenue, 90 billion world widePorn’s influence on Society- Sexual script theory- what we watch becomes our expectations for “normal” sex- Study: Modern college students more likely to list common porn themes and acts (ex: spanking, slapping, etc.) when asked about sexual desireso Focus on media influence, not shame or guilt- Porn use can resemble other addictionso Heavy users seek provocative images for arousal, such as barely-legal and hard-core sexo Also, frequent users more likely cheat on partnersNegatives of Porn…- Number of youth involved in porn is growing- 21.8% of adult film covers featured “youth sexualized imagery,” most of girls- Searches for Teen porn have more than tripled between 2005- and 2013- Child porn is a 3 billion dollar industry annuallyo Could buy Lakers, Cubs, and Solomon IslandsMore Concerns- Pornography is becoming more and more violent- Physical aggression in Porn:o Before 2000 14-28% of scenes violento Today: 88% of scenes in top-rated filmsSexual Violence in Pornography- Lasted study charged 3,376 acts of violenceo 2,971 female victimso 154 male victims Causal Effects of Porn- No causal link between viewing porn and committing rape- However, after watching porn an increasing number of men admitted they would commit a rape if they think they could get away with it- Youth who view X-rated material 6x more likely to force someone to do something sexual online or in-personOther effects of Porn- Also there is al ink between viewing porn and attitudes about violence against womeno The more viewers watch porn (erotic or violent) the more accepting they are of violence against womenEffects of Porn- Men were shown a rape victim’s testimony and asked to serve as jurorso Those who had just viewed porn were less likely to believe she had been rapedEncouraging a “Rape Myth Culture”- More accepting to believe that women want and asked for itConflicting Theories- Trigger Hypothesiso Watching rape makes people want to rapeo Facts: 87% of men watch Porno But less than 4% of men commit sexual assault (but the few do it a lot)- Safety Valve Theoryo Watching porn is enough to satisfy sexual urgesSometimes, Effects Defy Logic- Not just porn and rape, media-presented sexual relationships are usually intense- Leads scientists to illogical conclusionso Female rape fantasies: almost 60% of women have themo New study: NOT about rape- about DesireWhat we DO know- Theory of Excitation Transfero Sexual arousal intensifies any emotional experience= makes it more prominento Happy= Happier, sad= sadder, angry= angrier- More exposure to sexual material= more thoughts about


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