ISBN:
9780814760734
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (192 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Kids Gone Wild : From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype Over Teen Sex
DDC:
306.70835
Keywords:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
To hear mainstream media sources tell it, the sex lives of modern teenagers outpace even the smuttiest of cable television shows. Teen girls "sext" explicit photos to boys they like; they wear "sex bracelets" that signify what sexual activities they have done, or will do; they team up with other girls at "rainbow parties" to perform sex acts on groups of willing teen boys; they form "pregnancy pacts" with their best girlfriends to all become teen mothers at the same time. From The Today Show, to CNN, to the New York Times , stories of these events have been featured widely in the media. But ar
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 These Kids Today; 2 How Legends Spread; 3 Parents Beware: Packaging Legends as TV News; 4 Online Conversations about Kids and Sex; 5 Controlling Teen Sexting; 6 Too Sexual Too Soon: Why Believe the Hype?; Notes; References; Index; B; C; D; E; F; G; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; About the Authors
Note:
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