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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792243203321

Autore

Levesque Roger J. R

Titolo

Adolescents, media, and the law [[electronic resource] ] : what developmental science reveals and free speech requires / / Roger J.R. Levesque

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-029567-8

0-19-804325-2

9786611165239

1-281-16523-9

1-4294-8705-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

American psychology-law society series

Disciplina

302.230835

Soggetti

Mass media and youth - United States

Teenagers - United States - Attitudes

Mass media - Social aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; 1 Introduction: Adolescence and the Media in Changing Times; Part I: The Developmental Science of Media Effects: Exemplars of Research; 2 Adolescent Aggression and the Media; 3 Adolescents' Body Images and the Media; 4 Adolescent Smoking and the Media; 5 Adolescent Sexuality and the Media; Part II: Speech in First Amendment Law: Legal Foundations; 6 Regulating Speech; 7 The Free Speech Rights of Adolescents; 8 Conclusions: Taking Developmental Science and Free Speech Rights Seriously; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V

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Sommario/riassunto

There is much controversy about the dangers of a free media when it comes to children and adolescents. Many believe that this constitutional right should be amended, altered, or revoked entirely to prevent the young from being negatively influenced. Graphic violence, sexual content, and the depiction of cigarette smoking have all come under fire as being unacceptable in media that is geared toward



adolescents, from television and movies to magazines and advertising. Yet not much has been written about the developmental science behind these ideas, and what effects a free media really has on ado