e-Publications@Marquette

Title

Sex and Shock Jocks: An Analysis of the Howard Stern and Bob & Tom Shows

Authors

Lawrence Soley, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2007

Source Publication

Journal of Promotion Management

Abstract

Studies of mass media show that sexual content has increased during the past three decades and is now commonplace. Research studies have examined the sexual content of many media, but not talk radio. A subcategory of talk radio, called “shock jock” radio, has been repeatedly accused of being indecent and sexually explicit. This study fills in this gap in the literature by presenting a short history and an exploratory content analysis of shock jock radio. The content analysis compares the sexual discussions of two radio talk shows: Infinity’s Howard Stern Show and Clear Channel’s Bob & Tom Show.

Comments

Post-print.

Journal of Promotion Management, Volume 13, Nos. 1 & 2 (November 2007), DOI:10.1300/J057v13n01_06.