| Preface | ix | ||
| Acknowledgments | xiii | ||
| 1 The Continuing Myth of Adolescence | 1 | ||
| Why We Should Value Youth | 2 | ||
| Chapter Overview | 3 | ||
| How Are Youth Devalued? | 3 | ||
| Why Are Youth Devalued? | 5 | ||
| Current Beliefs About Youth | 10 | ||
| Conclusion | 22 | ||
| 2 Youth and Media | 30 | ||
| Media Over Time | 32 | ||
| Youth's Use of Media | 37 | ||
| Media Effects: A Focus on Violence | 40 | ||
| Stories Told About Youth | 46 | ||
| Conclusion | 47 | ||
| 3 Youth Violence | 55 | ||
| Youth Violence in the Media | 57 | ||
| Youth Offenders and Their Crimes | 66 | ||
| Quantifying Youth Violence | 66 | ||
| When Youth Are Victims | 69 | ||
| Context Is Critical | 72 | ||
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Publication information:
Book title: America's Teenagers--Myths and Realities: Media Images, Schooling, and the Social Costs of Careless Indifference.
Contributors: Sharon L. Nichols - Author, Thomas L. Good - Author.
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Place of publication: Mahwah, NJ.
Publication year: 2004.
Page number: Not available.
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