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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Magazines: What Adolescent Girls are Reading and the Way They Shape Body Image
Contributor:
Sauer, Heidi;
Robles-Piña, Rebecca
Published:
Texas A&M University Libraries, 2017
Published in:
Advancing Women in Leadership Journal, 14 (2017), Seite 64-70
Language:
Not determined
DOI:
10.21423/awlj-v14.a176
ISSN:
1093-7099
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
IntroductionTHE RIGHT WAY TO KISS. LOOK HOT, FEEL GREAT.WOULD YOU DATE THIS GUY? WILL YOU SURVIVEREAL LIFE? 10 WAYS"¦TO SMELL PRETTY ALLSUMMER. QUIZ: ARE YOU BOY CRAZY? These areheadlines in current issues of popular teen magazinesSeventeen, CosmoGIRL, and YM. The number of teenagers inthis country is on the rise, and magazines and advertisers aredesperately vying for the billions of dollars of discretionaryincome that teenagers spend on entertainment (Dobosz, 2001).However, the teen market is fragmented and fickle, somagazine publishers struggle to keep up with shifting tastes(Merrill, 1999). The traditional "big three" teen magazines areSeventeen, YM, and Teen (Dobosz, 2001; Merrill, 1999;Norton, 2001; Thomsen, Weber, & Brown, 2002). Just thesethree magazines have a combined readership of over 10 million(Norton, 2001).