Teenage Identity Under Teenage Identity Under ConstructionConstruction

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˝Imagery derived from popular media is ˝Imagery derived from popular media is used to construct teenage identity.˝used to construct teenage identity.˝

˝Young people...use media and the cultural insights provided by them to see both who they might be and how others have constructed or reconstructed themselves…

individual adolescents…struggle with the dilemma of living out all the ‘possible selves’ they can imagine.˝

teens and celebrity culture

What characterizes teen-celebrity What characterizes teen-celebrity relationships?relationships?

degree of involvement

one-sided, non-reciprocal, parasocial

mediated by the

UNDER CONSTRUCTIONW.I.P. (Work in Progress)