Neil M. Malamuth
About
Neil Moshe Malamuth is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, known for his research on sexual violence and the effects of pornography on its viewers. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society.
I am an interdisciplinary social scientist who studies violence and conflict, including an emphasis on mass media effects. Most of our research has focused on identifying the characteristics of men who commit sexual aggression against women. As part of that research we have examined whether exposure to sexually explicit media and/or sexually violent pornography may be an added risk factor to the other risk factors we have identified as part of the Confluence Model we have developed. Thousands of men from Canada, United States, and Denmark have participated in our various studies. We have used a variety of research methods, including surveys, field studies, and controlled experiments. This research has received honors and distinctions and has been cited in the formation of public policy and law in several countries. For over twenty years, I chaired the Communication Studies Program, the Department of Speech, and I was the founding Chair of the Department of Communication Studies. I also was a faculty member at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor.
Skills & Expertise
Research Methodology
Program Development
Survey Design
Personality
Academic Mentorship
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Violence
Mass Media
Psychological Research
Mass Media Analysis
Sexual Aggression Studies
Communication Leadership
Organizational Psychology
Abnormal Psychology
Mass Media Effects
Research Interests
Psychology
Social Psychology
Communication Studies
Power
Sexual Violence Research
Media Effects
Psychology of Aggression
Sexual Aggression Studies
Mass Media
Behavior
Pornography Studies
Confluence Model Development
conflict
mass media effects
evolutionary social science
Prediction and Causes of Sexual Aggression
Evolutionary Psychology
Sexually Explicit Media (Pornography)
Sex
Conflict
Aggression Against Women
Honors Proseminar in Communication
Sexual Aggression
Connect With Me
Experience
Professor Emeritus
Chair & Professor
Chair & Professor
Associate Professor
Research Associate
Education
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Conferences & Seminars (2)
Family Violence Conference, sponsored by the Criminology Center
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Media, Socialization and Aggression, Sponsored by the Polish National Academy of Science
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Awards & Achievements (1)
🏆 Top Conference Paper
Professional Memberships (3)
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University (ASU CLE)
The UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics
Country: United States
Arizona State University (ASU)
Country: United States
Invited Position (2)
presentation
Speaker
Role in Research Journals (8)
Editorial Board Member
JSI
Editorial Board Member
M&E
Associate Editor
JRP
Editorial Board Member
AB
Editorial Board Member
EVP
Publications (80)
Path analysis was used to assess the contribution of four exogenous developmental variables (sexual abuse, physical abuse, exposure to violence, exposure to pornography—each occurring prior to age 13)...
The self-perceived effects of “hardcore” pornography consumption were studied in a large representative sample of young adult Danish men and women aged 18–30. Using a survey that included the newly de...
Discusses gender differences in response to sexually explicit mass media using an evolutionary framework. This theoretical approach contends that how people respond to current environments is shaped b...
Conducted a factorial or construct complexity investigation of rape myths and other rape-supportive beliefs as measured by a rape-myth acceptance scale, an acceptance of interpersonal violence scale,...
Do media portrayals of interpersonal violence engender aggression among the observers? This question has been the focus of social scientific inquiry for over a quarter of a century. The initial resear...
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