%0 Journal Article
%T The mass media and American adolescents' health
%J Journal of Adolescent Health
%D 2002
%A Brown, Jane D.
%A Witherspoon, Elizabeth M.
%V 31
%N 6, Suppl 1
%P 153-170
%X American teens today grow up in a world saturated with the mass media. In general, the media depict a world in which unhealthy behaviors such as physical aggression, unprotected sex, smoking, and drinking are glamorous and risk-free. We summarize what is known about the media's effects on four adolescent health issues that have been studied most comprehensively: violence and aggression; sex; obesity, nutrition, and eating disorders; and alcohol and tobacco use. A number of approaches that have potential for helping turn the media into more positive forces for adolescents' health are discussed<p />
%G 
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1054-139X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00507-4