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Presentation Type
Presentation
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Terry Pettijohn II, Psychology
Major
Interdis Studies
Presentation Abstract
The purpose of this research is to identify college student attitudes towards female physical and online sex workers. Replications of the Bogardus Social Distance Scale (1924) and McCroskey & McCain's Measures of Interpersonal Attraction (1974) will be electronically distributed to an availability of Coastal Carolina University students. The state of research concerning public attitudes towards digital sex workers is extremely limited. This gap in research fails to acknowledge the popularity of digital sex work, for sex workers and consumers, and lacks investigation of how attitudes may differ towards physical and digital sex workers. Further research on attitudes towards online sex workers is necessary to identify how sex worker stigma is evolving with digitalization. Hypotheses were formed using an interdisciplinary lens, highlighting psycho-social theories of mere-exposure and familiarity, as well as feminist theories of female agency.
Location
Virtual Session Room 3
Start Date
21-4-2021 2:30 PM
End Date
21-4-2021 2:50 PM
Recommended Citation
Carrino, Grace, "College Students' Attitudes Towards Physical and Online Sex Workers" (2021). Undergraduate Research Competition. 48.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2021/fullconference/48
College Students' Attitudes Towards Physical and Online Sex Workers
Virtual Session Room 3
The purpose of this research is to identify college student attitudes towards female physical and online sex workers. Replications of the Bogardus Social Distance Scale (1924) and McCroskey & McCain's Measures of Interpersonal Attraction (1974) will be electronically distributed to an availability of Coastal Carolina University students. The state of research concerning public attitudes towards digital sex workers is extremely limited. This gap in research fails to acknowledge the popularity of digital sex work, for sex workers and consumers, and lacks investigation of how attitudes may differ towards physical and digital sex workers. Further research on attitudes towards online sex workers is necessary to identify how sex worker stigma is evolving with digitalization. Hypotheses were formed using an interdisciplinary lens, highlighting psycho-social theories of mere-exposure and familiarity, as well as feminist theories of female agency.