SCM Studies in Communication and Media

Computer-generated sexually explicit media is on the rise. While previous studies suggest that human sexualized stimuli are preferred compared to artificial ones, these studies did not consider the depicted sexual behavior as an influential factor....

As a result of digitalization, sexually explicit media content is now produced and distributed in much greater quantity and variety in private, public, and commercial contexts. Increased normalization of pornography, greater sexualization of media...

Despite the internet’s historical significance for LGBTQ+ identities and communities, contemporary public health research overlooks how gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ+) men utilise online spaces for sexual expression and connections. This study...

Although content differences in pornography play an acknowledged role in many theories concerning the use and consequences of such material, relatively few studies have attempted to describe and understand the use of different types of pornography....

In recent years, the erotic platform OnlyFans has been discussed in German media coverage as a controversial new online phenomenon. A qualitative content analysis based on Kuckartz therefore examines how German media characterize the OnlyFans...

The diffusion of innovation (DOI) literature and the uses-and-gratifications approach (UGA) meet in the people’s beliefs and expectations. We explore the users’ and non-users’ beliefs about streaming television (SVoD). A survey about Netflix,...

In the context of methodological discussions surrounding the “interdisciplinary turn” and “computational turn” of communication studies and media and journalism studies in particular, this paper raises awareness for corpus linguistics as a...

Experts who explain technological and complex content in the media could provoke negative responses regarding their competence due to stereotypical anticipations based on their gender. In an online experiment the impact of an expert’s gender on...