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Tobacco and alcohol ads seem custom-made to attract teenagers. Such ads make smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol seem like normative behavior.
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"Adolescents and the Media" provides a state-of-the-art review of research findings on the influence of such media as TV, movies, video games, print advertising, rock music, and music videos on adolescents. Beginning with a theoretical and conceptual background of adolescent development, the book covers findings on violence, sexual activity, substa...
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... In the case of violence, some controversy remains as to whether exposure to violent content will influence behavior, frighten children, or have no effect (Funk & Buchman, 1996b). Research cited in support of controlling access to violent media is based on either correlational methodology with disputed causal implications, or on short-term laboratory experiments that some believe have questionable generalizability to real-life situations (Strasburger, 1995). With respect to the impact of ratings, some have proposed that if certain media presentations are perceived as forbidden fruit, there can be a boomerang effect in which the attractiveness of the restricted entity is heightened (Herman & Leyens, 1977; Lee & Chan-Olmsted, 1994). ...
... However, data supporting this standard are difficult to find. Research on the influence of explicit sexual portrayals on sexual behavior in children and adolescents has been limited by the lingering taboos about asking children about these topics (Strasburger, 1995). The limited information available suggests that sexual portrayals in the media have limited independent impact in terms of prompting sexual behavior in adolescents (Strasburger, 1995; Wilson et al., 1990). ...
... Research on the influence of explicit sexual portrayals on sexual behavior in children and adolescents has been limited by the lingering taboos about asking children about these topics (Strasburger, 1995). The limited information available suggests that sexual portrayals in the media have limited independent impact in terms of prompting sexual behavior in adolescents (Strasburger, 1995; Wilson et al., 1990). However, when sex is combined with violence, the effects may be different. ...
Commercial ratings assist parents in monitoring their children's media experiences. Exposure to media violence may affect attitudes and behavior, and rating systems should accurately reflect the presence of violent content. Validity indicators for commercial rating systems are examined, including consistency with consumer perceptions. Violent electronic games are a contemporary media phenomenon. A comparison of commercial ratings for popular electronic games with consumer perceptions of game content indicates that, for games with obviously nonviolent or very violent content, there is agreement between consumers and the commercial system. However, there is considerable disagreement about notable violent content in games with cartoon-type violence. Recommendations include incorporating consumer perceptions into a comprehensive, content-based, informational rating system for all entertainment media.
... It is clear that unrealistic messages about body image may be present for children from a very early age (Herbozo et al., 2004;Norton, Olds, Olive & Dank, 1996). In adolescence, the thin-promoting messages of the media may become particularly important to young women who are seeking outside information to form a sense of their self-identity (Botta, 1999;Strasburger, 1995). It has been argued that today's visual media differs from the visual arts of the past (Freedman, 1986). ...
Studies of mediation practices typically focus on parental mediation, but during adolescence parents’ impact decreases relative to that of peers. This study compares perceived parental and peer mediation in the context of media portrayals of risk behavior and adolescents’ perceptions thereof. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 278 adolescents aged 12 to 17 (M = 14.18, SD = 1.62, 51.4 % girls) using Hayes’s process macro (model 4) to investigate direct and indirect associations between mediation, media-related cognitions, and social norms. Findings indicate that perceived parental and peer mediation are related to adolescents’ media-related cognitions and perceived social norms in equally important but different ways.
While traditional 1st wave variationist sociolinguists resist citing media exposure as a source of language variation, this experimental study demonstrates that Mainland Mandarin speakers with reported exposure to Taiwanese TV were more likely to rate syntactic constructions found in Taiwanese Mandarin as grammatically acceptable. Data were collected through an online survey consisting of acceptability judgments, written-guise attitude tasks, reported viewing habits, and demographic questions. Principle Component Analysis was deployed to reduce data dimension, which allows for the identification of the key personality traits linked to Taiwanese Mandarin that contribute to the media effects. The results suggest an intertwined relationship in which the effects of media exposure on acceptability judgments are moderated by language attitudes.
Televizyon hayatımızın büyük bir kısmını etkilemektedir. Özellikle seyrettiğimiz diziler düşünce ve davranışlarımız üzerinde yoğun bir etkiye sahiptir. Bir süre sonra, farkında olmadan beğendiğimiz karakterler gibi davranmaya başlarız. Model aldığımız karakterler davranışlarımız üzerinde etkili olmaktadır. Gençler içinde bulundukları gelişim dönemi ve özellikleri sebebiyle daha fazla etkilenme eğilimindedir. Bu araştırmada gençlerin fazlaca karşısında zaman geçirdikleri ekran ve seyrettikleri dizilerin gelişim alanları açısından değerlendirilmesinin yapılması ve ne tür etkilerin ortaya çıkabileceğinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Dizilerin içeriklerinin yoğun olduğu ve bu içeriklerin gelişim alanları üzerinde önemli etkilerinin bulunduğu belirlenmiştir. Diziler, içerikleri ve karakter analizlerinin yapılacağı gelecek araştırmalar için önemli bir literatür kaynağı elde edilmiştir.
Although it has been established that sexual content is common in popular music, the extent to which this content references cheating behaviors is unclear. Given the prevalence of infidelity among Americans, it is important to examine how infidelity is portrayed in media targeted to young adult listeners. To explore these portrayals, we conducted a content analysis of the 1,500 most popular pop, hip-hop, and country songs in the United States over a 25-year period examining the frequency and nature of infidelity in music. Findings revealed that infidelity was discussed in approximately 15% of popular music, and was most frequently discussed in hip-hop songs. Both negative and positive consequences to infidelity were depicted, and were most often accompanied by a nonchalant emotional tone. Gender portrayals of song characters were consistent with previous research. Implications for young listeners in the context of social relationships are discussed.
Aims:
Currently, television and new forms of media are readily available to children and adolescents in their daily lives. Excessive use of media can lead to negative physical and psychosocial health effects. This study aimed to describe children's media use, including media multitasking, as well as the associations between media use and their psychosocial adjustment.
Methods:
This study recruited 339 participants aged 10-15 years from an international school. The children and their care givers were asked to complete the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire independently to evaluate the psychosocial problems of the children.
Results:
The mean age of the study participants was 12.4 ± 1.5 years, who were recruited from grades 5 to 9. Multitasking media use was reported in 59.3% of participants. The average total media exposure time was 7.0 h/day. The behavioural problem scores from self-reports were greater with increased media use time. After adjusting for confounding variables, the school report and sleep problems were among the factors associated with the total behavioural problem scores from the multiple linear regression analysis (P = 0.001 and <0.001, respectively), whereas age and average total media exposure time were significantly associated with the prosocial behaviour scores reported by the children (P = 0.004 and 0.02, respectively). Multitasking media use was not significantly associated with the total difficulties scores or the prosocial behaviour scores in this study.
Conclusion:
Increased media use time was significantly associated with decreased prosocial behaviour scores in children in this study. This can provide important information to parents regarding media use in children.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the interaction between family and extrafamilial system factors with self system factors on adolescents' sexual risk behaviors. The study subjects were 365 middle school students in Chungbuk Province. The results of this research were as follows. Adolescents' sexual risk behaviors resulted from the interaction of self/family/extrafamilial system factors rather than from any one specific cause. Therefore, when counseling these students, multiple system factors should be considered in view of any other uni-focused counseling approach will lead to only a short-term behavior change.
Schools have a vital role in more effectively working with students at risk by linking with families that are disengaged from their children's education. Family participation in students' education has been shown to positively affect academic, behavioral, and social development. School counselors can be leaders in facilitating family‐school partnerships to foster academic and career success for all students. This article presents an overview of the current research about family and school linkages and offers a new model, The School and Family Intervention Model (SAFI), for school counselors. The model provides strategies for better cooperation with marginalized families aimed at ensuring an interactive and dynamic collaboration and explores this work within the context of systems change to improve academic success, reduce at‐risk behaviors, and increase family involvement.
This study is an extension of the contentanalysis conducted by K. Peirce [(1990) “AFeminist Theoretical Perspective on the Socialization ofTeenage Girls Through Seventeen Magazine,” SexRoles, Vol. 23, pp. 491-500]. Her study examined thecontent of Seventeen magazine for the years 1961, 1972,and 1985, and the impact of the feminist movement fromthe 1960s through the 1980s. The present study explored the content of Seventeen magazine in the years1945, 1955, 1965, 1975, 1985, and 1995 to determine ifthe articles that are presented have changed in responseto the feminist movement from the 1940s to the present day. These results would supportthe contention that there is a relationship between thecontent of Seventeen magazine, in terms of traditionalvs. feminist messages, and the women's movement. However, these changes are slight and still donot reflect the various roles of teenage girls.Implications for further research arediscussed.
