Recommended+Reading

= Recommended Reading: =

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 It's a common belief that the stories we encounter through mass media--whether in video games, action movies, or political comedy skits on Saturday Night Live --are just entertaining fantasies that have no tangible impact on our everyday lives, attitudes, and choices. Not so, says Karen Dill in this lively and provocative book. As much as we may want to deny it, the images, sounds, and narratives that bombard us daily have ample power to alter our realities. Description provided by [|Oxford University Press]
 * [|How Fantasy Becomes Reality: Seeing Through Media Influence, by Karen E. Dill]

This is a memoir about Weiner's struggle during her childhood with eating disorders and relationships, things more and more teenage girls are going through, which could help teenagers overcome their struggles.
 * [|A Very Hungry Girl by Jessica Weiner]

Authors of various studies by the Kaiser Foundation and others who have been doing research on the media's sexual context and adolescents, synthesize what they consider their most interesting results. They consider not only physical sex acts, but also the role the media play in the development of gender roles, sexual orientations, standards of beauty, and courtship and relationship norms. Summary provided by [|www.barnesandnoble.com].
 * [|Sexual Teens, Sexual Media: Investigating Media's Influence on Adolescent Sexuality by Jane D. Brown]

This book shows parents the negative effects of the media towards their children and gives them tips on how to minimize these effects.
 * [|Kids in Crisis: Kids and Media Influence by Cynthia DeVore]

Contributors discuss how growing up in a world saturated with digital media affects the development of young people's individual and social identities. Summary provided by [|www.barnesandnoble.com].
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Youth, Identity, and Digital Media by David Buckingham]

__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Articles __

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Crisis Connection- a website with statistics on how the media influences the way teenagers feel about body images, sex, and violence.]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|CBS News- An article over studies that show how the media may prompt teen sex.]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Palo Alto Medical Foundation- An article about the negative influences of the media on teens such as eating disorders, violence, and sex.]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Teenagerstoday.com- An article about younger generations being exposed to the mass media and how parents should set limits for their children.]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Western Journal of Medicine- An article about adolescent sexuality and how it is influenced by the media.]