Abstract

Research on sexualized media content has largely neglected an important part of young people’s interactions with such content, namely whether and how young people are able to resist sexualization in the media and build resilience against its influence. This study is one of the first to investigate whether adolescent girls build such resilience by reading and sharing messages (e.g., videos, articles) on social media in which sexualization is criticized (i.e., counter-messages). A focus group study of 24 girls aged 12–17, showed that girls engage very little with counter-messages in social media. Explanations for this lack of engagement are related to uses and gratifications of social media (e.g., hedonic and utilitarian value), social influence processes (e.g., identification and compliance with social norms) and media literacy skills (e.g., perceived susceptibility to and awareness of sexualization).

摘要

对媒体化性内容的研究在很大程度上忽略了年轻人与此类内容的互动，即年轻人是否以及如何能够抵抗媒体中的性化并增强抵御性影响的能力。这项研究是第一个调查青春期女孩是否通过在社交媒体上阅读和分享批评性（即反讯息）的信息（例如视频，文章）来增强这种弹性的研究之一。一项针对24名12-17岁女孩的焦点小组研究表明，女孩很少与社交媒体中的反讯息打交道。缺乏参与的解释与社交媒体的使用和满足（例如享乐价值和功利价值），社会影响过程（例如对社会规范的认同和遵守）以及媒体素养技能（例如，