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Date Submitted: Apr 22, 2018
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Twitter and Porn I: America Runs on Porn. How Social Media Reflects the Public Health Issue of Pornography
Background:
The rise in technology has allowed social media to become a primary source of accessible pornographic material. Pornography is now only one click away on smart phones and computers. This allows for explicit material to be shared throughout social media outlets, such as Twitter, for an audience of any age to view.
Objective:
The purpose of this research was to examine the extent of commentary, content of pornographic material and related commentary on Twitter.
Methods:
Tweets shared on Twitter were collected using the advanced search function. 36,330 tweets were considered using the search term “porn.” With an average of 1,000 tweets a day, a cluster of the latest five tweets of each day over a 30 day time period were sampled.
Results:
A total of 150 tweets were sampled from the latest tweets of each day. Using the constant comparison method, five themes were identified: (1) volume and accessibility, (2) culture, (3) prostitution, (4) children, and (5) politics.
Conclusions:
The sheer volume of pornography on Twitter is immense and can be accessed by anyone. Further, if an individual shares or likes a post, then their account will be presented with additional comparable content, which may be enabling behavior. With the widespread use of social media, it could be beneficial in spreading awareness of the content of pornography. Unknowingly, the public may consider pornography to be enjoyable without recognizing a culture that includes child pornography and prostitution, both of which are linked to the underground practice of sex trafficking. There is a public health need to further research in order to assess society’s perception of pornography and minor sex trafficking.
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