Topic > The Sex Market: The Pornography Market - 1000

Meanwhile, pornographic artifacts such as videos and images are ubiquitous; they can be found in sex shops, on newsstands or even at home via the internet. According to Manning's (2005) study, it revealed that the global revenue generated from general pornography amounted to fifty-seven billion dollars in 2005, of which $2.5 billion came from the Internet sector. He also pointed out that the pornography market now generates much more revenue than other markets such as basketball franchising and professional football (Manning, 2005). More recent data released by Internet Pornography Statistics (2006) demonstrated an increasing trend in pornography consumption. The global pornography market revenue increased to ninety-seven billion dollars in 2006, and China with twenty-seven billion dollars was listed as the first country in generating the most pornography revenue (Internet Pornography Statistics, 2006). With the facilitation of the Internet nowadays, it allows for a wide range of pornographic products (e.g. images, videos) and offers anonymous access to people all over the world to consume them