Sexual content is a prevalent aspect of the media and that the intensity of this content has increased in recent years. Less obvious are the direct effects the strategic use of sexual content has on audiences. this book presents the latest scholarship on the role of sex in the most common media outlets—television programming, radio “shock jocks,” music videos, magazines, and advertising. The look toward the public dialogue on sex in the media .
Contains essays in four sections: commodifying and exoticizing the female body: stereotypical depictions: portrayals of political activism: media pioneers. A sampling of topics: the construction of Black women's sexuality in Essence magazine: propaganda posters in post-liberation China: images of gender in Super Bowl adertising, and locating italianita in 'True Love' and 'Riding in Cars with Boys'.