The amount of STD rates in America is rapidly growing every day. Many young adults are uneducated about the risks associated with contracting STDs. There are also many young adults, especially college students, who are not knowledgeable about general healthy sexual practices. A change needs to be made in the way individuals are educated about sexual health, in order for the rates of STDs to lower. Media plays a big role in distributing information about sex, STDs, pregnancies, and preventative methods. It is crucial to discover the most popular media sources for college students, so that they can obtain information while engaging in the media they use on a daily basis.
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53). The main reason for this is because college students perceive the people they spend time with as safe, and don’t realize that they could be infected with an STD. The theory that drives this concept is the Protection Motivation Theory. The Protection Motivation Theory suggests that people protect themselves based on the perceived severity of a threat, perceived probability of the threat occurring, the efficacy of the recommended behavior, and perceived self-efficacy (Gold, 2004, p. 53). There is a sense of trust and a relationship built that allows them to let their guard down, and makes them vulnerable to contracting STDs. College students who are well informed about sexual health, but still don’t use condoms do so because condom use has been stereotyped to be out of the norm. Many college students feel the pressure to be a part of the majority view. They rather take the risk of contracting an STD by not using a condom than being an outcast by the majority (Gold, 2004, p. 53). Humans have a sense of belonging to a group, and feel this pressure even when it comes to practicing safe …show more content…
These important topics are issues that need to be addressed in order to improve sexual education among college students and lower STD rates. One major question that needs to be answered is the following: Why do college students who are well informed about sexual health, engage in risky sexual activity, and don’t practice prevention methods? If there is an increase in the amount of sexual health campaigns and media vehicles that display positive views about sex, then there will be a decrease in the rate of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. The research conducted is pro-con because there are different views among scholars about why college students are uneducated about STD contraction, prevention, and treatments. This method would be the most appropriate for this research because it would be a good way to find the most common answers to come to a conclusion. Surveys would also be a great way to measure the general knowledge of STDs by asking factual questions about a range of STDs. This would also be a good way to see if there is a big difference in gender or ethnic demographics as far as sexual education. If so, there could be other reasons that would lead to new questions that could be affecting the effectiveness of media reaching college
This topic is important because it emphasis the need for improving the …show more content…
53). The main reason for this is because college students perceive the people they spend time with as safe, and don’t realize that they could be infected with an STD. The theory that drives this concept is the Protection Motivation Theory. The Protection Motivation Theory suggests that people protect themselves based on the perceived severity of a threat, perceived probability of the threat occurring, the efficacy of the recommended behavior, and perceived self-efficacy (Gold, 2004, p. 53). There is a sense of trust and a relationship built that allows them to let their guard down, and makes them vulnerable to contracting STDs. College students who are well informed about sexual health, but still don’t use condoms do so because condom use has been stereotyped to be out of the norm. Many college students feel the pressure to be a part of the majority view. They rather take the risk of contracting an STD by not using a condom than being an outcast by the majority (Gold, 2004, p. 53). Humans have a sense of belonging to a group, and feel this pressure even when it comes to practicing safe …show more content…
These important topics are issues that need to be addressed in order to improve sexual education among college students and lower STD rates. One major question that needs to be answered is the following: Why do college students who are well informed about sexual health, engage in risky sexual activity, and don’t practice prevention methods? If there is an increase in the amount of sexual health campaigns and media vehicles that display positive views about sex, then there will be a decrease in the rate of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. The research conducted is pro-con because there are different views among scholars about why college students are uneducated about STD contraction, prevention, and treatments. This method would be the most appropriate for this research because it would be a good way to find the most common answers to come to a conclusion. Surveys would also be a great way to measure the general knowledge of STDs by asking factual questions about a range of STDs. This would also be a good way to see if there is a big difference in gender or ethnic demographics as far as sexual education. If so, there could be other reasons that would lead to new questions that could be affecting the effectiveness of media reaching college