Issue Area: Youth


Extra Articles and Studies
Media’s ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Fantasies: Pregnant girls ignored in story on ‘pregnancy pact’ (September/October 2008) By Veronica Cassidy

Pope Gets Pass on Church Abuse History: Media overlook Benedict’s record of downplaying the issue (July/August 2008) By Steve Rendall

Perilous Reporting: The risks of writing about child porn laws (January/February 2007) By Jessica Wakeman

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More Dangerous Than Anyone Thought: Driving data latest attack on ‘teen brains’ (September/October 2006) By Mike Males

Stossel’s "Stupid" Schools: A beginner’s course in deceptive reporting (May/June 2006) By Peter Hart and Janine Jackson

Raving Junk: Few outlets dissent from the latest teen-drug hysterias (November /December 2000) By Mike Males

Drive-By Journalism: Rolling Stone's glam-crime reports misrepresent young people--and America's violence problem (January/February 1999) By Mike Males

Superscapegoating: Teen 'superpredators' hype set stage for draconian legislation (January/February 1998) By Robin Templeton

Wild in Deceit: Why "Teen Violence" is Poverty Violence in Disguise (March/April 1996) By Mike Males

Invasion of the Magazine Snatchers: The Sassy/'Teen Merger: (November/December 1995) By Kimberly Phillips

Teaching Censorship: High School Journalism in the Post-Hazelwood Era (March/April 1994) By Kimberly Phillips

Bashing Youth: Media Myths About Teenagers (March/April 1994) By Mike Males

Fear of a Rap Planet: Rappers Face Media Double Standard (March/April 1994) By Art Jones and Kim Deterline

How Seventeen Undermines Young Women (January/February 1993) By Kimberly Phillips

TV in the Classroom: News or Nikes? (September/October 1991) By John Murray