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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levesque, Roger J. R.

Series:

American Psychology-Law Society series.

American psychology-law society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and youth--United States.

Mass media and youth.

Teenagers--United States--Attitudes.

Teenagers.

Mass media--Social aspects--United States.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

WX; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-029567-8

0-19-804325-2

9786611165239

1-281-16523-9

1-4294-8705-4

OCLC:

476239612