Symbolic Interaction and Sexual Behavior of the Adolescents Experiencing Internet Pornographic Addiction

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200728.009How to use a DOI?

Keywords

internet pornography, symbolic interaction, adolescents

Abstract

One of the negative impacts of internet are the consumption of pornographic content that is increasing and far more open than before. The internet is considered a more comfortable place to search for sexual information. This study aims to describe the symbols of pornography and to find out the meaning of symbols consumed by adolescents. The perspective of symbolic interactionism theory is used to understand the process of formation of individual behavior because of the social environment. In the perspective of symbolic interactionism, it shows that the condition of the society will continue to be created repeatedly through individual interactions with symbolic representations of the surrounding society. Symbolic interactionism enables individuals to develop their own self-sense to be socialized in social life. This research uses a qualitative method by conducting a case study on four subjects who are addicted to internet pornography. Interviews are used to collect the data and the use purposive sampling technique is used to select the subjects of the research. Thematic analysis technique is used to analyze the data. The results showed that subjects studied sexuality or acts related to sex through internet pornography and messages communicated through internet pornography. Internet pornography contains the symbols of power namely the power over women’s bodies that are communicated in pornography. In internet pornography, men are symbolized as strong and dominant figures, while women are portrayed as weak figures. In addition, a man is physically symbolized as a muscular, stocky and well-built while a woman is supposed to be slim, big-breasted and slim-hipped.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rr. Setyawati
AU  - Nurul Hartini
AU  - Hamidah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/07/28
TI  - Symbolic Interaction and Sexual Behavior of the Adolescents Experiencing Internet Pornographic Addiction
BT  - Annual International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (AICOSH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 37
EP  - 41
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200728.009
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200728.009
ID  - Setyawati2020
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