Research on Male and Female Youth Perceptions on the Use of Pornographic Displays in Social Media
M. S. N. Abu Hassan1, N. H. Ismail2, N. S. Abd Halim3, M. Abd Aziz4, N. H. Mohd Sidik5, M. K. A. Kamarudin6, N. Abu Bakar7, A. B. H. M. Maliki8
1M. S. N. Abu Hassan, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
2N. H. Ismail, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
3N. S. Abd Halim, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
4M. Abd Aziz, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
5N. H. Mohd Sidik, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
6M. K. A. Kamarudin, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
7N. Abu Bakar, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
8A. B. H. M. Maliki, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Manuscript received on 17 July 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 02 August 2019 | Manuscript Published on 10 August 2019 | PP: 284-287 | Volume-8 Issue-2S3 July 2019 | Retrieval Number: B10490782S319/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B1049.0782S319
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Abstract: The internet is one of the basic needs of everyone’s life. The internet can be easily accessed anywhere with the uses of smartphones in which people can obtain any information and current news by the fingertip. Pornography is estimated to be one of the most frequent search topics on the Internet. This research is being conducted through a quantitative method which is a surveying method that uses a questionnaire that includes a profile of sexual behavior and using the Pornography Consumption Inventory (PCI) questionnaire. This questionnaire was distributed to 1340 respondent that come from the youth of man and woman between age 15 until 40 in Malaysia. The research use Z-test analysis method which is N=421 for male and N=919 for female. The outcome of this research that was being analysed using Z-test show a significant difference of mean score from four factors which are Sexual Curiosity (SC), Emotional Avoidance (EA), Excitement Seeking (ES), and Sexual Pleasure (SP) between gender. Based on the Ztest, the p-value of all factors is <0.0001 which is less than 0.05.
Keywords: Consumption, Gender, Pornography, Sexual Behaviour, Social Media, Youth.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences