Social effects of digital pornography

Pornography consumption in Social Media

T he structure of a social network is fundamentally related to the interests of its members. People assort spontaneously based on the topics that are relevant to them, forming social groups that revolve around different subjects. Online social media are also favorable ecosystems for the formation of topical communities centered on matters that are not commonly taken up by the general public bec...

Effects of Prolonged Consumption of Pornography

Quick Identification of Child Pornography in Digital Videos

Computer forensics has the main objective to find digital evidences of crimes. One of the most researched digital crimes is the sexual abuse of children, including the production, sharing and possession of child pornographic files. Aiming to quickly detect files of child pornography at crime scenes, the NuDetective Forensic Tool was previously developed and it uses techniques like nudity detect...

Effects of Exposure to Pornography on Male Aggressive Behavioral Tendencies

This study examined whether exposure to pornography lead to aggression, utilizing pornographic video excerpts and measuring participants’ aggression by the number of human faces chosen as targets during a dart-throwing decision task. Male college students (n = 120) were randomly assigned into one of three experimental groups who viewed the sexually explicit material (nonviolent, sadomasochistic...

Civil Liberties and Research on the Effects of Pornography

Americans are concerned about the problem of pornography (The term "pornography" is used herein to refer to sexually explicit media without any pejorative meaning necessarily intended. Terms such as "violent pornography" and "sexually violent media" are used to refer to media that combine sexual and violent content. We also sometimes use the term "sexually violent media" to refer to materials t...