American Newspapers Vary by Region On How They Frame Sex in News Stories.

The article presents research on journalism in U.S. newspapers considering how sex is portrayed in news reports. Newspapers of various circulation sizes from four different U.S. regions published from 2004-2006 are studied for their depictions of sex in various forms of coverage including crime reporting, medical journalism and commercial journalism. The survey found that there were significant regional differences in the amount of stories dealing with sex, with Southern States newspapers presenting the most such stories, but that reporting on sex crimes was the most common form of article in which sex was a topic.