Mediated intimacy: sex advice in media culture

Abstract

In Mediated Intimacy , Barker, Gill and Harvey present us with a thorough investigation of sex advice in the media, past and present. The first three chapters of the book comprise an overview of the state of sex advice in the media, covering its history and a range of contemporary debates and representations of sex and sexuality – as well as providing an overview of existing academic research in the field. The remaining chapters focus on particular case studies, including magazine and newspaper advice columns, television programmes, sex manuals, public health information, apps and online environments.