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Adolescents and Ambivalence Toward Marriage: A Cultivation Analysis

Nancy Signorielli
- 01 Sep 1991 - 
- Vol. 23, Iss: 1, pp 121-149
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This article is published in Youth & Society.The article was published on 1991-09-01. It has received 94 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ambivalence & Family life.

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Understanding the Role of Entertainment Media in the Sexual Socialization of American Youth: A Review of Empirical Research.

TL;DR: The authors examined the nature and prevalence of sexual content both on TV and in magazines, and concluded that frequent and involved exposure to sexually oriented genres such as soap operas and music videos is associated with greater acceptance of stereotypical and casual attitudes about sex, with higher expectations about the prevalence ofsexual activity and of certain sexual outcomes, and, even occasionally, with greater levels of sexual experience.
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The State of Cultivation

TL;DR: The authors reviewed the history of cultivation theory and took stock of recent trends in the field, and argued that cultivation has taken on certain paradigmatic qualities, and considered the future prospects for cultivation research in the context of the changing media environment.
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The mass media and American adolescents' health

TL;DR: This work summarizes 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.
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Contributions of entertainment television to adolescents’ sexual attitudes and expectations: The role of viewing amount versus viewer involvement

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined several ways in which television viewing might relate to adolescents'sexual attitudes and expectations' and found that viewing amount and viewer involvement emerged as significant correlates of participants' sexual attitudes, expectations, and behavior.
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Two Decades of Cultivation Research: An Appraisal and Meta-Analysis

TL;DR: A theoretical review and meta-analysis of 20 years of cultivation research is presented in this article, which suggests that many theoretical arguments tend to fade into the background when the corpus of cultivation findings is viewed from a meta-analytic perspective.
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Reality as Presented by Television

TL;DR: This article summarized the results of the first three annual inventories of New York television programs as well as of the single studies in Los Angeles and New Haven conducted by the author for the National Association of Educational Broadcasters with funds supplied by the Fund for Adult Education, established by the Ford Foundation.