24 hours without media. No internet, no mobiles, no TV… The biggest global media experiment. Ever.

First year students at Bournemouth University (BU) in the UK have been sacrificing their TVs, mobile phones, the internet and all other gadgets for 24 hours as they take part in a groundbreaking global media experiment called ‘Unplugged’.

‘Unplugged’ is a collaboration between universities and researchers from five continents – Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa. It examines young people’s relationships with the media, including news, music, television, mobiles and the internet. BU students are the only UK students taking part. [continue reading…]

A Université de Montréal researcher, funded by the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Family Violence and Violence Against Women, has launched a new study to examine the effects of pornography on men. “We started our research seeking men in their twenties who had never consumed pornography. We couldn’t find any,” says Simon Louis Lajeunesse, a postdoctoral student and professor at the School of Social Work.
“The objective of my work is to observe the impact of pornography on the sexuality of men, and how it shapes their perception of men and women,” says Lajeunesse. To do so, he has so far recruited and interviewed 20 heterosexual male university students who consume pornography. [continue reading…]