Magazines Influences on Adolescents

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Magazines Influences on Adolescents

• Media Project
• Sara Huebner
• Lindsay Babich
• Laura Throndson
• Amy Knebel

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Some of the Most Popular Magazines

• Girls Boys
• Jump Teen Stuff
• Cosmo Girl Maxim
• YM The Source
• Seventeen Official X-Box Magazine
• American Cheerleader Thrasher
• Teen People ESPN Magazine
• Teen Official US Playstation
• Mademoiselle Sports Illustrated
• People
• Information retreived from www.familymanagement.c
  om/teen_magazine_resources.html and
  http//www.topteenmagazines.com/teen-magazines/the
  -source-magazine/the-source.html

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Why Do Teens Read Magazines?

• Fashion
• To learn about the opposite sex
• To learn social norms
• Learn about new trends
• Special Interest (sports, health, hobbies)
• Celebrity Gossip
• Learn about themselves
• Take quizzes
• Have fun/ pass time
• Learn about Sex

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• Some Examples..
• Attention Getters

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How are Adolescents Portrayed in the Media?

• There are so many influential topics. We will
  focus on these three
• -Alcohol
• -Sexuality
• -Body Image
• -Relationships (peers and family)

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What did you find?

• Ads?
• Articles?
• Overall Impressions?

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The Influence of Magazines on Adolescents

• What are some of the explicit messages sent to
  teens through these ads?
• What are possible implicit messages?

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What are our Assumptions about Magazines?

• Do they all have negative affect?
• - Guideposts gives moral advice
• - Jump- teen inspiration and motivation
• EXAMPLE
• - Teen- promotes diversity

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How does this relate to Educational Psychology?

• Metacognition
• Cognitive Development
• Storm and Stress -Risk Behavior -Emotional
  Distress
• -Conflict with parents
• Personal Fable
• Egocentrism

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STATS!!!!!!!!!!

• Ideas to keep in mind