The Media and Sexual Violence Among Adolescents: Findings from a Qualitative Study of Educators Across Vietnam.

Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1273516 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-2800 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00040002 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arch Sex Behav Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 1999- : New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Original Publication: New York, Plenum Pub. Corp.

Sex Offenses*/psychology ; Sex Offenses*/prevention & control ; Qualitative Research* ; Sex Education* ; Mass Media*; Humans ; Vietnam ; Adolescent ; Female ; Male ; Adult ; Focus Groups ; School Teachers/psychology

Growing access to technology and media has presented new avenues of influence on youth attitudes and norms regarding sexuality and sexual violence, as well as new technological pathways through which to perpetrate sexual violence. The aim of this research was to understand contextual influences on and needs for scale-up of sexual violence prevention programming in the media-violence context of Vietnam. We conducted 45 interviews with high school teachers (n = 15), university lecturers (n = 15), and affiliates from youth-focused community service organizations (n = 15) from across Vietnam. Additionally, we conducted four sector-specific focus groups with a sub-sample of interview participants (k = 4, n = 22). Media and technology were brought up consistently in relation to sexual violence prevention and sexual health information. Key informants noted that, in Vietnam, generational differences in acceptability of sex and lack of comprehensive sexuality education intersect with new technological opportunities for exposure to sexual information and media. This creates a complex landscape that can promote sexual violence through priming processes, instigate mimicry of violent media, and presents new opportunities for the perpetration of sexual violence though technology. Development of comprehensive sexual education, including violence prevention education, is imperative, with consideration of age-specific needs for Vietnamese youth.
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Keywords: Media; Sexual violence; Vietnam; Violence prevention; Youth

Date Created: 20240510 Date Completed: 20240613 Latest Revision: 20240616

20240616

PMC11176223

10.1007/s10508-024-02869-7

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