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developmental needs of adolescents and the media  

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  • Adolescence is marked by a number of physical, cognitive, and social changes that interact to create a number of developmental needs specific to this age group. As adolescents seek to define themselves independently of their parents, they often turn to media as sources of self-socialization and of messages about their identity in terms of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media; Adolescents, Developmental Needs of, and Media]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-D5Q7CQBM-H

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