Lewis Larissa, Somers Julie Mooney, Guy Rebecca, Watchirs-Smith Lucy, Skinner S Rachel
Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health, Clinical School, Level 3, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia.
Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, Level 1, Building 1, Medical Foundation Building, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Sex Health. 2018 Jul;15(4):335-341. doi: 10.1071/SH17132.
Background There are wide variations in the reported prevalence of exposure to sexual content online, but the literature tends not to distinguish between intended and unintended exposure. Moreover, there is little research exploring the pathways through which exposure occurs or descriptions of such content. While there is much public concern regarding exposure to sexual content, Australian students receive little or no education on mitigating the effect of sexual content online.
Eleven focus group discussions with high school students aged 14-18 years were conducted to discover young people's experiences of exposure to sexual content in social media. In this paper, we describe these pathways to sexual content exposure, the nature of the sexual content young people are exposed to and their views about this exposure.
Focus groups showed that exposure to sexual content through social media occurred through networks of 'friends' or followers, and paid-for advertising. Content ranged from subtle messages or photos to explicit pornographic pictures/videos. Most of the exposure young people described was unintended.
Exposure to sexual content, no matter the scope and intensity, was almost unavoidable among young people who use social media. Utilising this information to educate young people on mitigating the effect of sexual content, rather than trying to prevent young people from viewing it, could be a more effective approach.
背景 在线接触性内容的报告患病率存在很大差异，但文献往往没有区分有意和无意接触。此外，很少有研究探讨接触发生的途径或此类内容的描述。虽然公众对接触性内容非常关注，但澳大利亚学生几乎没有接受过关于减轻在线性内容影响的教育。
与14至18岁的高中生进行了11次焦点小组讨论，以了解年轻人在社交媒体中接触性内容的经历。在本文中，我们描述了接触性内容的这些途径、年轻人接触到的性内容的性质以及他们对这种接触的看法。
焦点小组表明，通过社交媒体接触性内容是通过“朋友”或关注者网络以及付费广告发生的。内容范围从微妙的信息或照片到露骨的色情图片/视频。年轻人描述的大多数接触是无意的。
在使用社交媒体的年轻人中，接触性内容，无论范围和强度如何，几乎都是不可避免的。利用这些信息对年轻人进行关于减轻性内容影响的教育，而不是试图阻止年轻人观看，可能是一种更有效的方法。
