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Banet-Weiser (2004) marked the debut of Clarissa Explains it All in 1991 as a crucial turning point for recognition of girls as "important empowered subjects in the social world." The current study of tweencoms focuses on the different ways character tropes are portrayed in media targeted to 8-12 year olds, particularly female characters, over the last 25 years. The focus is limited to the cable giants Disney Channel and Nickelodeon because of...

Addresses media role models in television, film, picture books, and the Internet in the realm of bullying and relational aggression. It highlights a significant number of portrayals with unproductive strategies that lead to poor resolutions or no resolution at all.

The link between watching televised wrestling matches and developing a culture of bullies in the United States is explored here. Increases in verbal aggression, rebellion and propensity toward violence and retaliation are measured against the media consumption of professional wrestling. This book begins with a brief history of professional wrestling, a summary of the criticisms of the sport, and a discussion of the author's research methods. O...

This work argues that instead of advancing womens social and professional empowerment, popular culture trends in the U.S. appear to be backsliding into the blatant sexual exploitation of women at younger and younger ages. The author describes many ways in which young girls are increasingly taught to go to outrageous lengths in seeking male attention.