Young People, Sex and the Media: The Facts of Life?

by David Buckingham

Book Overview

Are children today growing up too soon? How do they - and their parents - feel about media portrayals of sex and personal relationships? Are the media a corrupting influence, or a potentially positive and useful resource for young people? Drawing on an extensive research project, which investigated children's interpretations of sexual content in films, TV and print media, this book considers how young people (aged 9-17) use such material to understand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403918228
• ISBN13: 9781403918222
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.8"