Amandalynn Ochoa

UWRT 1102
Professor Padgett
16 March 2015
Annotated Bibliography
Topic: How Technology Impacts Sexual Arousal and Addiction
Inquiry: How has technology allowed pornography change peoples sexual arousal, and is
it actually causing health problems and addictions?
Thesis: Technology has not only allowed pornography to take over peoples sexual
lives, but it has also led to health problems and addictions.
Wilson, Gary. "The Great Porn Experiment." YouTube. YouTube, 16 May 2012. Web. 17
Mar. 2015.
In this video, Gary Wilson explains how the Internet has made it easier for
pornography addictions to start. Wilson talks about how porn addictions have
increased since people have access to online porn instead of traditional magazine
porn. He makes a clear connection to how the older generation has been able to
overcome addictions easier than younger generations because of the technological
advances. He also explains how pornography impacts not only people sex lives,
but also their day-to-day lives. Wilson also presents information from actual
addicts who talk about how their lives had gone downhill since there addictions
had taken over. He presents his research from a very factual point of view, which
makes his information seem very unbiased. I plan on using this source to focus on
how pornography addictions have become more common since technology gave
people access to porn over the Internet, and what happens when people become

addicted to it. Overall, this video is a beneficial and credible source because of
factual and unbiased it is.

Buzzell, T. (2005). The Effects of Sophistication, Access, and Monitoring On Use of

Pornography In Three Technological Contexts, Deviant Behavior. 26, 109-132
This book focuses more on how pornography use increased as technology got
more advanced. In this chapter, she goes over how technology has given more
pornographic access to a variety of people since the high speed Internet became
an option. She talks about what kind of people are into pornography, and what
causes a person to get immersed in the online fantasy of sexual encounters. She
uses general surveys to go more in depth on what kind of people watch
pornography. She explores the ages, the accessibility, and the class of people who
get addicted to pornography.

Harris,Michael."HookingUp."TheEndOfAbsenceReclaimingWhatWe'veLostInA
WorldOfConstantConnection.NewYork:PenguinGroup,2014.16583.Print.
Thisbookasawholefocusesonhowtechnologyisimpactingsocietymoreasit
evolves.Focusedonchaptereight,Harrisgoesoverhowtechnologyhaschanged
thewayweaccesssex.Healsogoesoveronlinedating,andcoversbothpositive
andnegativesidesofitwhichshowshowunbiasedheis.Harrisalsomakes
referencetohowsexualarousalhasdecreasebecauseofhowoverratedsexhas
beenbecomingwithpornographybeingaseroticasitcanbe.Hemakesthe
statement, If [I] suddenly take up the idea that I want some action right now, its
only my starched manners that will stop me. This really sums up chapter eight, in

showing the almost unlimited access to pornography wherever and whenever

someone wants it.

Olsen,Clay,andRyanWerner."GettheFacts."FighttheNewDrug.N.p.,2014.Web.
18Mar.2015.
ThiswebsitetalksabouttheeffectsofapornographyTheNewDrugaddiction.
Itclarifiesthreedifferentwaysthatpornographycanharmyou,thosebeingyour
brain,heart,andyourdaytodaylife.ClayOlsenandRyanWernerreallygoin
depthonhowpornchangesthewayyoulivebyprovidingcategoriesand
subcategorieswitheachmaintopictheygoover.Iamusingthissourcetoshow
howtechnologyhasletpornographybecomemoreaccessible,whichhasinturn
affectedpeopleshealthandcausedaddictions.Thiswebsitereallyoutlineshow
pornographyhasbecomeanewdrugandcanleadtoaddictionsjustaseasilyas
harddrugs.Overall,thiswebsitemakesiteasytounderstandhowpornography
affectsthebrainandbody.

Estes,AdamC."WhenPornandVirtualRealityCollide(NSFW)."Gizmodo.Ed.
AnnaleeNewitzandMegNeal.FruzsinaEordogh,2014.Web.18Mar.2015.
Thiswebsiteshowshowtechnologyimpactspornographyuseinamuchdifferent
waythentheprevioussources.AdamC.EsteswritesabouthowOculusRift
(virtualreality)gogglesarenowbeingusedtoenhanceapornographic
experience.Healsowritesaboutteledildonics,whicharetechnologically
advancestoysthatallowsomeonetofeelanotherpersoninrealtime.Although
thismaybeusedforsexualactivitynotrelatedtoporn,itreallyshowshow

technologyhastakenaprettyfirmgraspofoursexlives.Ithinkthatthese
advancementswillcausepeopletobecomemorereliantonsyntheticversionsof
pleasure.Overall,thissourcewillallowmetobetterconnectthetechnologyside
ofmypaper,tothehealthandaddictionrelatedtopicscausedbypornography.