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- ↑ Social porn: the grubbier the better | Opinion | The Guardian
- ↑ sosialpornografi – Det Norske Akademis ordbok
- ↑ – Skattelistene er sosialpornografi – Dagbladet
- ↑ – Dette er sosialpornografi – Brønnøysunds Avis
- ↑ Morgenbladet Newspaper – English translation: The Superficial Analysis of Terror (Norwegian original: Den overfladiske analysen av terror)
- ↑ English translation: Psychologists' reality check | Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association (Norwegian original: (Psykologenes virkelighetssjekk | Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening)
- ↑ VG Newspaper – English translation: Every Fifth Reality Show Participant Feels Exploited (Norwegian original: Hver femte reality-deltager føler seg utnyttet)
- ↑ Dagbladet Newspaper – English translation: Borders on pornography (Norwegian original:- Grenser til pornografi)
- ↑ TV2 Norway – English translation: Psychologist says Big Brother is social pornography (Norwegian original: Psykolog: – Big Brother er sosialpornografi)
- ↑ studvest.no – English translation: People sat on the Stairs to see "Ex on the Beach"-Daniel (Norwegian original: Folk satt i trappen for å se «Ex on the Beach»-Daniel)
- ↑ Dagbladet Newspaper – English translation: Psychologists rage against "help TV" (Norwegian original: Psykologer raser mot «hjelpe-tv»)
- ↑ Dagbladet Newspaper – English translation: Confession from a Television Viewer (Norwegian original: En tilståelse fra en tv-seer)