ABSTRACT
The mention of the words “sex on the Internet” likely conjures images in readers' minds of sexually explicit, pornographic material located on adult entertainment Web sites. Images of scantily clad (if at all) models positioned in provocative poses gazing seductively into the camera also likely come to mind. Less likely evoked are images of these models peddling a product on mainstream popular sites frequented by the average consumer searching for information about news, sports, or entertainment. Despite the fact that scholars have reported on the vast amount of sexual content available on the Internet (see Lambiase, 2003, for a review), the thought that coverage of, for instance, world events, sports competitions, and entertainment gatherings would share the same virtual space with this and other similar images is almost unthinkable to some in the mainstream public. In the virtual world of Wolf Blitzer, Diane Sawyer, Sam Donaldson, and Chris Berman, they would argue that there is no room for such images … or is there?
