A new study about young Americans’ entertainment consumption habits shows that Generation Z is far more interested in seeing stories of platonic relationships on screen than those featuring sex and romance.
More than half of the 1,500 young people who participated in the University of California Los Angeles’s (UCLA) Center for Scholars and Storytellers “Teens and Screens” survey said they want to see more content focused on friendships.
“When there’s media with too much sex, me and my friends often feel uncomfortable,” said survey respondent Ana, age 16, in a video released by UCLA to accompany the study.
The research team said Gen Z’s chaste entertainment preferences stem from a craving for feel-good character relationships following the isolation of the pandemic years.
The UCLA research team did not ask the surveyed youth if they sought out sexual or pornographic content outside the realm of TV, movies and social media.
“It’s not that young people aren’t interested in TV, movies and other media with sexual content, it’s that they want to see more and different types of relationships,” said UCLA Center for Scholars and Storytellers founder Yalda Uhls.
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A new study about young Americans’ entertainment consumption habits shows that Generation Z is far more interested in seeing stories of platonic relationships on screen than those featuring sex and romance.
More than half of the 1,500 young people who participated in the University of California Los Angeles’s (UCLA) Center for Scholars and Storytellers “Teens and Screens” survey said they want to see more content focused on friendships.
“When there’s media with too much sex, me and my friends often feel uncomfortable,” said survey respondent Ana, age 16, in a video released by UCLA to accompany the study.
The research team said Gen Z’s chaste entertainment preferences stem from a craving for feel-good character relationships following the isolation of the pandemic years.
The UCLA research team did not ask the surveyed youth if they sought out sexual or pornographic content outside the realm of TV, movies and social media.
“It’s not that young people aren’t interested in TV, movies and other media with sexual content, it’s that they want to see more and different types of relationships,” said UCLA Center for Scholars and Storytellers founder Yalda Uhls.
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