Secrets in the bedroom: Adolescents' private use of media

Journal/Book: J Youth Adolescence. 1995; 24: 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013. Plenum Publ Corp. 535-550.

Abstract: This essay discusses the functions of solitary media use within the ongoing daily emotional lives of adolescents. I review evidence suggesting that adolescents find in solitary TV watching and especially music listening, the opportunity, first, to cultivate a newly discovered private self. teens use media to explore numerous possible selves including those that are desired and feared. Second, I propose that solitary media experiences provide adolescents an important context for dealing with stress and negative emotion. Popular music listening allows adolescents to internalize strong emotional images around which a temporary sense of self can cohere.

Note: Article R Larson, Univ Illinois, Div Human Dev & Family Studies, Urbana, IL 61801 USA

Keyword(s): MUSIC; CHILDHOOD; IDENTITY; CHILDREN; FAMILY; SELF; LIFE; TIME

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