Paper Info
Title
Sexual intensity of adolescents' online self-presentations: Joint contribution of identity, media consumption, and extraversion.
Abstract
Adolescents produce and distribute a vast quantity of digital media content. A growing literature examines the sexually explicit (i.e., nude) content that adolescents share online. Because adolescents' sexual content need not be sexually explicit, however, this study examined the sexual intensity with which adolescents choose to present themselves in the context of a social media platform. Exemplifying the variability of adolescents' online sexual self-presentations, survey participants (N = 265; age range: 13–15 years) constructed social media profiles using components (e.g., photos, fashion brands) that varied in sexual intensity. In accord with predictions drawn from the Media Practice Model, the study found that the sexual intensity of adolescents' online self-presentations is a product of the sexual self-concept, a relationship that is partially mediated by sexual media diet and moderated by extraversion. This study bridges emerging research on sexual self-presentation with established literature on adolescents' sexual media uses and effects.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.chb.2015.12.009
Computers in Human Behavior
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Adolescents,Mass media,Self-concept,Sexting,Sexual media diet,Social media
Journal
58
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
C
0747-5632
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
14
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Piotr S. Bobkowski100.34
Autumn Shafer200.34
Rebecca R. Ortiz300.34