The American teenager /
Kate Burns, book editor.
- San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, c2003.
- 223 p. : 23 cm.
- Examining pop culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Teenager in history: Risk-taking: Image of teens in popular culture / Cynthia Lightfoot -- Concept of teenagers created a marketing niche / Grace Palladino -- Baby boomers as the first television generation / Aniko Bodroghkozy -- Youth cultures: Swing music inspired the emergence of teen culture / Grace Palladino -- History of hip hop / Greg Dimitriadis -- Virtually out: Lesbian, bisexual, and gay youth cyberculture / Joanne Addison and Michelle Comstock -- Times of terrorism: Teen slang after September 11, 2001 / Emily Wax -- Teen consumers: Media's impact on adolescent body dissatisfaction / Linda J. Hofschire and Bradley S. Greenberg -- GeneracioÌn Latino: Influence of America's fastest growing youth segment / Helene Stapinski -- Does media sex influence young people? / Barrie Gunter -- Gender stereotyping in board games for adolescent girls / Jennifer Scanlon -- Sex, drugs, violence, and moral panic: Why public outcry blames popular culture for corrupting youth / Ulf Boethius -- Gangs and the media / Martin SaÌnchez Jankowski -- Sex and sexism in teen music and music videos / Jeffrey Jensen Arnett -- Media messages about youth and race: Black violence, white indolence / Henry A. Giroux -- Representing teenagers in pop culture: Popular music reflects teens' attitudes about school / B. Lee Cooper -- First realistic portrayals of juvenile delinquency in film / Laurence Miller.
Teenagers--United States. Teenagers--Social conditions.--United States Mass media and teenagers--United States. Teenage consumers--United States. Popular culture--United States.