Title America's teenagers--myths and realities : media images, schooling, and the social costs of careless indifference / Sharon L. Nichols, Thomas L. Good

Published Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 317 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes English Print version record Subject Teenagers -- United States -- Social conditions Mass media and teenagers -- United States Teenagers -- Services for -- United States SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies. Mass media and teenagers Teenagers -- Services for Teenagers -- Social conditions Jongeren. Sociale situatie. Beeldvorming. United States Form Electronic book Author Good, Thomas L., 1943- ISBN 1410610403 9781410610409 9780805848519 0805848517 9780805848502 0805848509 9781135615956 1135615950 9781135615901 113561590X 9781135615949 1135615942 9786612321481 6612321482

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