This book presents thought-provoking research and data about pornography that will prompt readers to reconsider their positions on a highly controversial and current issue.Why do people use pornography? Is porn addiction a fact or myth? What is revenge porn and is it illegal? Can pornography be more diverse? This interdisciplinary collection presents well-researched facts and up-to-date data that encourage informed discussion about controversial and relevant issues in contemporary society. Chapters address topics such as the history and cultural trends of pornography, labor and production practices in creating porn, the effects of technology, current issues in obscenity law, and myths and facts about the effects of pornography. New Views on Pornography: Sexuality, Politics, and the Law challenges assumptions about this popular yet controversial industry. Contributors include top scholars from media studies, sociology, psychology, gender studies, criminology, politics, and the law. This book provides a comprehensive overview of pornography that will help students, educators, and general readers deepen their understanding of this provocative subject.

Section I: Foundations and ControversiesIntroduction1. Pornography and the First Amendment Right to Free SpeechKimberly A. Harchuck2. Seen as a Business: Adult Film's Historical Framework and FoundationsKevin Heffernan3. Clashing at Barnard's Gates: Understanding the Origins of the Pornography Problem in the Modern American Women's MovementCarolyn Bronstein4. Antiporn Agendas: Feminism, Internet Filtering, and Religious StrategiesChristopher Boulton5. Strange Bedfellows: Black Feminism and Antipornography FeminismJennifer C. Nash6. Porn Again Christian? Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, and the Pornification of the PulpitJessica Johnson7. Queer Smut, Queer RightsWhitney Strub8. Steamy, Hot, and Political: Creating Radical Dyke PornShar Rednour and Jackie Strano9. Good Vibrations, Women, and Porn: A HistoryCarol Queen10. Trade Associations, Industry Legitimacy, and Corporate Responsibility in PornographyGeorgina Voss11. When Species Meat: Confronting Bestiality PornographyMargret Grebowicz12. Responding to Revenge Porn: Challenges to Online Legal ImpunityMichael Salter and Thomas CroftsSection II: Cultural Issues and Effects13. Interpreting the Data: Assessing Competing Claims in Pornography ResearchRonald Weitzer14. Why Do People Watch Porn? Results from PornResearch.OrgClarissa Smith, Martin Barker, and Feona Attwood15. Pornography and Effects Studies: What Does the Research Actually Say?Andy Ruddock16. "She's Totally Faking It!": The Politics of Authentic Female Pleasure in PornographyEmily E. Crutcher17. Lust, Love, and Life: A Qualitative Study of Swedish Adolescents' Perceptions and Experiences with PornographyLotta Löfgren-Mårtenson and Sven-Axel Månsson18. Race and the Politics of Agency in Porn: A Conversation with Black BBW Performer Betty BlacMireille Miller-Young19. Positively Fat and Queer: An Interview with Indie Porn Insider Courtney TroubleLynn Comella20. Bare-ing Witness: Bareback Porn and the Ethics of WatchingGregory Storms21. Ambient XXX: Pornography in Public SpacesRyan Bowles Eagle22. Pornography and Pedagogy: Teaching Media LiteracyShira Tarrant23. The Science and Politics of Sex Addiction ResearchNicole Prause and Timothy FongAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex