Teens Want To See Less Sex, More Friendship In Movies & TV Shows, UCLA Study Finds
deadline.comTeens are much more interested in seeing storylines about friendship and platonic relationships and less focus on sex in movies and TV shows, according to a UCLA study.
That’s one of the key findings in the latest installment of the university’s “Teens and Screens” report — which surveyed some 1,500 young people across the U.S.
aged 10 to 24. The report found 63.5% of adolescents prefer “nomance”-related content this year, up from 55% in 2023. “Our findings really seemed to solidify a trend we found emerging in our data last year: that young people are tired of seeing the same dated and unrelatable romantic tropes on screen,” said Alisha J.
Hines, director of research at the center. “Teens and young adults want to see stories that more authentically reflect a full spectrum of nuanced relationships.” More than a third, or 36.2%, of adolescents surveyed said they prefer to see content featuring fantasy worlds over stories about the rich and famous (7.2%), real-life issues that impact society (13.9%), relatable personal issues (24.2%) or other genres (3.3%).
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