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Introduction

The New Breed

Chapter 1: The Teenager in History

1. Risk—Taking: The Image of Teens in Popular Culture

2. The Concept of Teenagers Created a Marketing Niche

3. Baby Boomers as the First Television Generation

Chapter 2: Youth Cultures

1. Swing Music Inspired the Emergence of Teen Culture

2. A History of Hip Hop

3.Virtually Out: Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Youth Cyberculture

4. Times of Terrorism: Teen Slang After September 11, 2001

Chapter 3: Teen Consumers

1.The Media's Impact on Adolescent Body Dissatisfaction

2.Generación Latino: The Inf luence of America's Fastest Growing Youth Segment

3.Does Media Sex Inf luence Young People?

4.Gender tereotyping in Board Games for Adolescent Girls

Chapter 4: Sex, Drugs, Violence, and Moral Panic

1. Why Public Outcry Blames Popular Culture for Corrupting Youth

2. Gangs and the Media

3.Sex and Sexism in Teen Music and Music Videos

4. Media Messages About Youth and Race: Black Violence, White Indolence

Chapter 5: Representing Teenagers in Pop Culture

2. The First Realistic Portrayals of Juvenile Delinquency in Film

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This Study Guide consists of approximately 227 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of American Teenagers.