America's teenagers--myths and realities : media images, schooling, and the social costs of careless indifference /

The media's presentation suggests that American teenage culture today is the most violent, sexual, and amoral youth culture in history. In this book, Nichols and Good deconstruct the negative images held by large numbers of adults.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nichols, Sharon Lynn
Otros Autores: Good, Thomas L., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
Temas:
Teenagers > United States > Social conditions.
Mass media and teenagers > United States.
Teenagers > Services for > United States.
Adolescents > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Médias et adolescents > États-Unis.
Adolescents > Services > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Mass media and teenagers.
Teenagers > Services for.
Teenagers > Social conditions.
Jongeren.
Sociale situatie.
Beeldvorming.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. The continuing myth of adolescence
  • 2. Youth and media
  • 3. Youth violence
  • 4. The sex lives of teenagers
  • 5. Tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and teens
  • 6. Healthy living and decision making
  • 7. Working teens
  • 8. Youth and education
  • 9. Enhancing the future of youth
  • Author index
  • Subject index.

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