Barry S. Sapolsky and Joseph 0.Tabarlet, in Journal of Broadcasting &Consequences Electronic Media (Fall 1991), Broadcast Education Assn., 1771 N St. N.W., Washington, D.C.20036.
Every couch potato knows that primetime television is full of sex. How full? To find out, Sapolsky and Tabarlet, both profes- sors of communication at Florida State University, scrutinized a week's worth of 1989 primetime TV. Along with a team of graduate students, they hunted for in- stances of touching, kissing,...