Category Archives: Television

Controversial advert for abortion services to be screened on UK TV tonight

By Dr Petra | Published: 24 May, 2010
Controversial advert for abortion services to be screened on UK TV tonight Tonight the UK will see the first television advert for abortion services. Shown at 10.10pm on Channel 4 the advert for Marie Stopes will highlight for viewers where to get help and advice about pregnancy. The advert has already been opposed [...]
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Politics, PR, science and evidence making – lessons from the field

By Dr Petra | Published: 27 April, 2010
Politics, PR, science and evidence making – lessons from the fieldOne thing that has marked this election is the growing focus on science issues. This has partly been down to the interest of some politicians in the subject, and mostly due to the activism of a number of scientists (natural and social), science journalists [...]
Also posted in Evidence based, Reproductive health, Safer sex, Sex education, Sexually transmitted infection(s), Surveys/questionnaires, Technology | Comments closed

How television constructs sex – an evolving case study of a prime time sex series

By Dr Petra | Published: 7 February, 2010
This is a longer blog than usual that tracks my observations over the past few weeks a TV series I’ve been involved with. It looks at how ‘sex’ is framed for prime time television, and discusses whether our current approach to sex programming may not be presenting sex in accurate or informative ways.
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TV company make some changes to a sex survey, but not enough to make it useful and unbiased

By Dr Petra | Published: 22 January, 2010
It's pretty common for journalists to throw together slapdash surveys to inform or underpin stories/programmes. And it's equally common for social scientists like me to be irritated by this bad practice. Usually feedback to improve surveys is ignored, but here's an example where it seems like journalists did pay attention - and improved their practice.
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Journalists who run bad and biased surveys beware! Your audience is starting to speak out against shoddy practice

By Dr Petra | Published: 21 January, 2010
A UK television show has been caught out running a dodgy survey. This blog talks about why the survey was duff, the ramifications of such bad research, and explains how such slipshod practice is very easily avoided.
Also posted in Breasts, Surveys/questionnaires | Comments closed

Sky TV’s understanding of ‘psychology’ and ‘relationships’

By Dr Petra | Published: 25 November, 2009
Here's an invitation to appear in a new TV series on sex and relationships. Not everyone's impressed with the research. See for yourself and decide if this advert would make you want to expose your relationship on TV.
Also posted in Expert(s), Psychology/psychologist | Comments closed

Sex and science stuff 23/11/09

By Dr Petra | Published: 23 November, 2009
What's new in the world of sex and science this week? This week we're talking prostitution, sex blogging, genital surgery and a review of Chlamydia Screening.
Also posted in Ethics, Expert(s), Psychology/psychologist, Research, Sex and science stuff, Talks and events, Vulva | Comments closed