It Matters What Young People Watch: Health Risk Behaviors Portrayed in Top-Grossing Movies Since 1950

The Changing Portrayal of Adolescents in the Media Since 1950

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jamieson, Patrick E ^a   More, Eian ^b   Lee, Susan S ^b   Busse, Peter ^a   Romer, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Sex; Tobacco; Violence; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195342956.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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