1. Introduction: young people and the media / David Buckingham -- 2. Taking sides? What young girls do with television / Chris Richards -- 3. The Mahabharata: from Sanskrit to sacred soap. A case study of the reception of two contemporary televisual versions / Marie Gillespie -- 4. 'Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to (and mummy's gonna love you just as much as she can)': young girls and popular television / Valerie Walkerdine and June Melody -- 5. Boys' talk: television and the policing of masculinity / David Buckingham -- 6. Girls tell the teen romance: four reading histories / Gemma Moss -- 7. Untidy, depressing and violent: a boy's own story / Julian Sefton-Green -- 8. Seeing how far you can see: on being a 'fan' of 2000 AD / Martin Barker -- 9. Repeatable pleasures: notes on young people's use of video / Julian Wood -- 10. Conclusion: re-reading audiences / David Buckingham
