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Teenage girls and cellular phones: discourses of independence, safety and 'rebellion'.(Brief article)
R. Campbell, Journal of Youth Studies, v.9, n.1, 2006, pp.195-212.
This study explored the 'contradictions and commonalities between idealisations of youth and technology presented in advertisements and the lived experience of teen girls with cellular phones' by analysing three primary discourses relating to teenage girls' cellular phone use. This exploration combined results from a semiotic analysis of approximately 150 advertising images from young women's fashion and beauty magazines featuring telephones and cellular phones with results from face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with 11 Canadian girls aged 14-17 years. Participants were asked about their phone use; their ...
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