My mom caught me watching porn

YouTube videos as performative risk biography and cautionary sex ed

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ID6443633
AuthorsJessica Yarin Robinson (0000-0001-9321-8954, University of Oslo), Khalid Ezat Azam (0000-0002-6859-6459, University of Oslo)
Year2025
Volume27
Issue5
Pages2575-2596
Publication date2025-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14614448251333738
OpenAlexW4411256236
LanguageEN
References cited74

This article investigates the presentation and public self-disclosure of sexual content by young people on YouTube’s #storytime genre. Applying Beck’s concept of the “risk biography,” we explore the way these digital narratives recount encounters with pornography in a setting intended to reach other young people. The analysis combines computational text analysis with manual analyses to characterize how young people tell their own stories. Findings suggest that while content creators critically address sexual norms, they also reinforce the Internet’s potential for harm. Yet, the greatest risk identified is not pornography itself, but parents—namely, the threat of punishment, including physical punishment

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Biography · Media studies · Performative utterance · Performativity · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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