Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Better Be Prepared: An Analysis of the Rare Sexual Health Messages in Young Adolescents’ Media
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Despite concerns about high rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease in the United States, the mass media adolescents attend to most frequently include little accurate information about sexual health. In this study, a preliminary Mass Communication & Society, 11:3–23, 2008 Copyright © Mass Communication & Society Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication ISSN: 1520-5436 print / 1532-7825 online DOI: 10.1080/15205430701668139
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