Adolescents and the Media, An Issue of Adolescent Medicine Clinics
By Victor C. Strasburger, MD and Margie Hogan, MD
240 pages
Copyright 2005
Description
The media rank as one of the most important and misunderstood influences on today's adolescents. Violence, sex, drug use, eating disorders -- all have important roots in today's TV, movies, Internet, and music videos. This volume will provide the reader with a state-of-the-art update on what is known about the influence of the media on teenagers in contemporary society.
Table of Contents
1. Sex and the Media (Strasburger) 2. Internet (Donnerstein) 3. Smoking in the Movies (Sargent) 4. Alcohol in the Media (Grube) 5. Videogames (Funk) 6. MTV (Rich) 7. Media Violence (Hogan) 8. School Commercialism (Molnar) 9. Media Literacy (Mr. McCannon) 10. Ratings (Walsh)