STRANGE BEDFELLOWS - SYMBOLS OF RELIGION AND SEXUALITY ON MTV

This study used content analysis to examine the use of religious and s exual imagery in rock music videos to determine how frequently such im ages were used and how frequently they were combined within the same v ideo. A total of 160 videos were analyzed for presence or absence of r eligious or sexual imagery. The results of this study argue that relig ious imagery is present in videos in significant, nonrandom fashion. I n addition, the study contends that religious images were more likely to occur with sexual imagery than without them.