'A Content Analysis of Internet-Accessible Written Pornographic Depications'

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Hi all

A friend has forwarded this too me, and while it is not so recent
(1997), some people may still find it interesting.

Cheers
David

'A Content Analysis of Internet-Accessible Written Pornographic
Depications'
Denna Harmon
(Electronic Journal of Sociology, Dec 97)

http://www.sociology.org/content/vol003.001/boeringer.html

INTRO
Concerns over the availability of sexually explicit material in what
has come to be termed "cyberspace" have recently blossomed into a
national debate on the subject. Attempts to restrict access to the
sexual side of the Internet have expand ed to involve universities,
access providers, and the [US] Federal Government, which enacted
substantial new restrictions upon Internet content as part of the
1995 Telecommunications Reform Bill.

These restrictions, which were ruled unconstitutional recently by the
Supreme Court, were enacted in part due to research suggesting that
the Internet is a veritable smorgasbord of pornographic
entertainment, available to anyone, regardless of age, with a
computer and Internet access. While there are serious questions
regarding the research project which provided much of the press and
governmental officials' information on the subject, the issue is
important enough to warrant more research before the social science
community can claim to be informed. This project assesses the content
of images contained in one of the more commonly accessible Usenet
newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.


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