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[Page 1] Young People, Sex and the Media The Facts of Life? David Buckingham and Sara Bragg [Page 2] Young People, Sex and the Media [Page 3] Also by David Buckingham MEDIA EDUCATION: Learning, Literacy and Contemporary Culture AFTER THE DEATH OF CHILDHOOD: Growing up in the Age of Electronic Media THE MAKING OF CITIZENS: Young People, News and Politics MOVING IMAGES: Understanding Children’s Emotional Responses to Television CHILDREN TALKING TELEVISION: The Making of Television Literacy [Page 4] Young People, Sex and the Media The Facts of Life? David Buckingham Sara Bragg [Page 5] © David Buckingham and Sara Bragg 2004 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2004 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 1–4039–1822–8 Hardback ISBN 1–4039–1823–6 Paperback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Buckingham, David, 1954– Young people, sex, and the media: the facts of life? / David Buckingham, Sara Bragg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–1822–8 – ISBN 1–4039–1823–6 (pbk.) 1. Mass media and teenagers–Great Britain. 2. Mass media and children–Great Britain. 3. Sex in mass media–Great Britain. 4. Teenagers–Great Britain–Attitudes. I. Bragg, Sara, 1963-II. Title. HQ799.2.M35B84 2003 302.23’0835’0941–dc22 2003053686 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne [Page 6] Contents List of Figures x Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction 1 Childhood in peril? 3 Cause for concern? 5 Sorting out the issues 8 Previous research 9 Starting points 12 2 Talking Dirty: Research Methods 17 Fabricating publics, imagined geographics 21 Defining our subjects 22 The diaries and scrapbooks 24 Interviews 34 The role of the researchers 38 Conclusion 41 3 Living and Learning 43 Tales out of school 44 The family