Media content research, like any other field of scientific research, depends on valid and reliable measuring instruments. Hence, the English-language Open Access Database DOCA (Database of Variables for Content Analysis) strives for providing established measuring instruments on various topics for manual and automated content analyses. DOCA is edited by a team of researchers at the University of Zürich. All DOCA contributions go through a peer review process. The German Communication Association DGPuK recommends the DOCA.
In the Group Media Psychology and Media Design at TU Ilmenau, media content research is an important focus of work in both teaching and research. Therefore, the Group Media Psychology welcomes and supports the development of DOCA. Several DOCA contributions from the group are already available. They deal with the measurement of media representations of alcohol, child sexual abuse, incels, and visual gender stereotypes. A new set of nine DOCA entries from the group Media Psychology provides measurement tools for the representation of sexuality in pornography. These are relevant to the booming field of empirical pornography research.
DOCA Entries on the Representation of Sexuality in Pornography:
0. Döring, N. & Miller, D. (2022). Conceptual Overview (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.34778/5k
1. Döring, N. & Miller, D. (2022). Violence (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.34778/5l
2. Döring, N. & Miller, D. (2022). Degradation (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.34778/5m
3. Döring, N. & Miller, D. (2022). Sex Acts (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.34778/5n
4. Döring, N. & Miller, D. (2022). Performer Demographics (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.34778/5o
5. Döring, N. & Miller, D. (2022). Performer Bodily Appearance (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.34778/5p
6. Döring, N. & Miller, D. (2022). Safer Sex Practices (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.34778/5q
7. Döring, N. & Miller, D. (2022). Relational Context of Sex (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.34778/5r
8. Döring, N. & Miller, D. (2022). Consent Communication (Portrayals of Sexuality in Pornography). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis.
https://doi.org/10.34778/5s