ERIC Number: EJ1447201
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1554-6128
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Elaborating on 'The Talk' in 'Sex Talks': An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Place of Communication Science in Sexuality Education and Advocacy
Angela Cooke-Jackson; Valerie Rubinsky; Jacqueline N. Gunning; Emily Gerlikovski; Amanda Holman; Jimmie Manning; Bolivar X. Nieto; Carey Noland; Andrew Spieldenner; Sarah De Los Santos Upton; Carina M. Zelaya
American Journal of Sexuality Education, v19 n4 p453-471 2024
Building from a panel at the 2022 National Communication Association (NCA) annual convention, the present article seeks to ground communication studies/sciences as central to interdisciplinary conversations surrounding sexuality education and communication. Communication is integral to sexuality education, and topics of communication, sex, and sexuality education are researched across disciplines. Still, research on sexuality education within communication studies remains under-attended, and interdisciplinary sexuality education research remains siloed by academic discipline. Presenting a forum featuring both emerging and leading scholars in the field of communication researching sex(uality) education, the present article seeks to establish the academic discipline of communication as integral to research on sexuality education. To do so, we first discuss communication as an academic discipline and its advancements in sexuality education research. Next, communication scholars offer their expertise in sex(uality education) communication topics including family conversations, cultural influence, health inequities in education, and medicine. Collectively, these perspectives offer an understanding of current sexual health research in the field of communication, as well as next steps through direct application to conversations about sex, improvement to our medical and education systems, and community-based education and intervention. It is our hope that this article fosters a larger conversation about the importance of communication (studies/sciences) in sexuality education.
Descriptors: Sex Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Communications, Advocacy, Interpersonal Communication, Family Relationship, Cultural Influences, Equal Education, Community Education, Research Needs, Justice, LGBTQ People, Social Bias, Language Usage, Medicine
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Language: English
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