Media and the sexualization of childhood / Barrie Gunter.
By: Gunter, Barrie
Publisher: London : New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Description: 224 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 27053ISBN: 1138015199 (hbk.) :; 9781138015197 (hbk.) :; 1138025445 (pbk.) :; 9781138025448 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Mass media and children | Sex in mass media | Children and sex | Children | Mass media -- InfluenceDDC classification: 302.23083 LOC classification: HQ784.M3 | G86 2014
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Media and the Sexualization of Childhood examines the on-going debates surrounding the prominence of sexual themes in children's lives, from clothes and accessories, toys and games, to music, entertainment media, advertising, and new media platforms.
Parents, educators and politicians around the developed world have raised concerns about the effects all these experiences can have on the socialisation and psychological development of children and the extent to which the premature introduction of sexuality into their lives can place them at risk of unwanted attention. This book explores these issues using an evidence based approach that draws on research findings from around the world, representing the most comprehensive single account of the field.
The book will be invaluable to students studying topics surrounding children and the media and childhood studies, as well as students of communication, media, cultural studies, sociology, psychology and health science.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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CHOICE Review
Taking a broad approach, Gunter (Univ. of Leicester, UK) examines the sexual themes present in media contexts that involve and affect children. These contexts range from product advertising to pornography. In nine chapters, the author comprehensively explores these issues, compiling and organizing existing research into an easy-to-use manual of sorts. In a particularly compelling chapter titled "Fashion and Sexualization," Gunter discusses the "Honey Boo Boo" phenomenon and the preteen beauty industry. Likewise, the chapter "Digital Social Media and Sexualization" advances the discussion of this subject to include current trends in media consumption. However, Gunter at times veers from the stated objective of the book by dedicating significant portions of chapters (for example, the chapter "Magazines and Sexualization") to the way media portray images of grown women and men, with little focus on how these portrayals affect children. In any case, this book offers a one-of-a-kind, lengthy examination of media, sexuality, and children. --Kristen Lynn Majocha, University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownThere are no comments on this title.