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Using digitally distributed vulgar comedy to reach young men with information about healthy sexual development

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posted on 2024-06-06, 01:28 authored by A McKee, Anthony WalshAnthony Walsh, AF Watson
Focus groups show that young men do not have available to them the same resources to learn about healthy sexual development as do young women. A collaborative project led by a leading provider of sexuality education aimed to reach young men with information about healthy sexual development by using a genre that focus groups showed they favoured – vulgar comedy. This project raised two important issues. First, comedy is ambivalent – it is by definition not serious or worthy. This challenges health communication, which traditionally favours the clear presentation of correct information. Second, vulgarity can be challenging to the institutions of health communication, which can be concerned that it is inappropriate or offensive. This article addresses these issues and reports on the materials that emerged from the project.

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Journal

Media International Australia

Volume

153

Pagination

128-137

ISSN

1329-878X

eISSN

2200-467X

Language

English

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

153

Publisher

UNIV QUEENSLAND PRESS

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