Noah
11-10-2005, 07:59 PM
<img src="http://www.fanbolt.com/forums/images/avatars/Veronicamars/veronicamars_loganveronica_12.gif" width="85" height="85" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="right" border="0" alt="Veronica Mars">What has happend to those good, old-fashioned family vaules on which we used to rely?
The number of sexual scenes on television has nearly doubled since 1998, according to a study released Wednesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The study, "Sex on TV 4," also found that the inclusion of references to "safer sex" issues, such as waiting to have sex or using protection, has increased since 1998 but "leveled off" in recent years.
The study examined all sexual content in a representative sample of more than 1,000 hours of programming, with the exception of daily newscasts, sports events and children's shows. The report describes sexual content as including talk about sex and depictions of sexual behavior, ranging from kissing to sexual intercourse.
The report found that 70% of all shows examined included some sexual content and that these shows averaged 5.0 sexual scenes per hour, compared with 56% of all shows and 3.2 scenes per hour in 1998 and 64% of all shows and 4.4 scenes per hour in 2002. During primetime, 77% of the shows examined included sexual content and averaged 5.9 sexual scenes an hour.
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taken from: here! (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2005-11-10T115412Z_01_DIT042829_RTRUKOC_0_US-SEX.xml&archived=False)
I'd go ahead and rail on production companies and networks for flooding the airwaves with smut and mindless dribble, but you can't forget that they're just giving the people what they want. People stop tuning in, and they'll hastily adjusting their programming.
The number of sexual scenes on television has nearly doubled since 1998, according to a study released Wednesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The study, "Sex on TV 4," also found that the inclusion of references to "safer sex" issues, such as waiting to have sex or using protection, has increased since 1998 but "leveled off" in recent years.
The study examined all sexual content in a representative sample of more than 1,000 hours of programming, with the exception of daily newscasts, sports events and children's shows. The report describes sexual content as including talk about sex and depictions of sexual behavior, ranging from kissing to sexual intercourse.
The report found that 70% of all shows examined included some sexual content and that these shows averaged 5.0 sexual scenes per hour, compared with 56% of all shows and 3.2 scenes per hour in 1998 and 64% of all shows and 4.4 scenes per hour in 2002. During primetime, 77% of the shows examined included sexual content and averaged 5.9 sexual scenes an hour.
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taken from: here! (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2005-11-10T115412Z_01_DIT042829_RTRUKOC_0_US-SEX.xml&archived=False)
I'd go ahead and rail on production companies and networks for flooding the airwaves with smut and mindless dribble, but you can't forget that they're just giving the people what they want. People stop tuning in, and they'll hastily adjusting their programming.