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ERIC Number: EJ398786
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Prime-Time TV Portrayals of Sex, Contraception and Venereal Diseases.
Lowry, Dennis T.; Towles, David E.
Journalism Quarterly, v66 n2 p347-52 Sum 1989
Provides recent data on what prime time television is teaching about sex. Compares the frequency of various sexual behaviors with the frequencies measured by earlier studies. Finds an increase in rate of sexual behavior and no portrayal of possible consequences. (RS)
Descriptors: Characterization, Commercial Television, Content Analysis, Contraception, Mass Media Role, Programing (Broadcast), Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Television Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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