Whereas it is often suggested that the media have assumed a prominent role in the sexual
socialization of American youth, empirical evidence supporting this premise has been slow …

Results of recent research on the effects of the mainstream entertainment mass media on
youth sexuality indicate that studies that do not take care to link particular types of media …

The author's goal of presenting a fresh conception of young people's development has
resulted in chapters on topics not as strongly represented in most other textbooks. Most …

Nominated for the 2012 Distinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in
Psychology! Why are women more likely to be positioned or diagnosed as mad than men? If …

This paper explores the ideals of healthy sexuality for teenage girls in the US proposed by
feminist theorists and researchers. Current ideals emphasize desire, pleasure, and …

This paper posits that adolescence, as experienced by girls of immigrant diaspora groups, is
complicated by issues of race, culture and nation that intersect with discourses of sex and …

" The Third Edition of Women in Mass Communication provides a new generation of
students with an insightful examination of women in the journalism and mass …

This collection explores the sexual content of US mass media and its influence in the lives of
adolescents. Contributors address the topic of sexuality broadly, including evidence not only …

This study examines how peer group activity and social context affect adolescent girls'
interactions with mass media. 1 The study consisted of a five-month field observation of …

Associations between magazine use and sexual attitudes were explored among 205 female
college students. Measures assessed reading levels of adult-focused (eg, Cosmopolitan) …