American girls : social media and the secret lives of teenagers
(Audiobook CD)

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Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, [2016].
ISBN
9780735289116, 0735289115, 9780553399219, 0553399217
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Northlake Public Library District - Adult Books on CDBCD 305.235 SALEOn Shelf
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Published
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, [2016].
Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
12 audio discs (approximately 15 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9780735289116, 0735289115, 9780553399219, 0553399217
UPC
9780553399219

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Title from container.
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Compact discs.
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Read by Therese Plummer; introduction and conclusion read by the author.
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With extraordinary intimacy and precision, Sales captures what it feels like to be a girl in America today. From Montclair to Manhattan and Los Angeles, from Florida and Arizona to Texas and Kentucky, Sales crisscrossed the country, speaking to more than two hundred girls, ages thirteen to nineteen, and documenting a massive change in the way girls are growing up, a phenomenon that transcends race, geography, and household income. American Girls provides a disturbing portrait of the end of childhood as we know it and of the inexorable and ubiquitous experience of a new kind of adolescence--one dominated by new social and sexual norms, where a girl's first crushes and experiences of longing and romance occur in an accelerated electronic environment; where issues of identity and self-esteem are magnified and transformed by social platforms that provide instantaneous judgment. What does it mean to be a girl in America in 2016? It means coming of age online in a hypersexualized culture that has normalized extreme behavior, from pornography to the casual exchange of nude photographs; a culture rife with a virulent new strain of sexism and a sometimes self-undermining notion of feminist empowerment; a culture in which teenagers are spending so much time on technology and social media that they are not developing basic communication skills. From beauty gurus to slut-shaming to a disconcerting trend of exhibitionism, Nancy Jo Sales provides a shocking window into the troubling world of today's teenage girls.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sales, N. J., & Plummer, T. (2016). American girls: social media and the secret lives of teenagers (Unabridged.). Books on Tape.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sales, Nancy Jo and Thérèse, Plummer. 2016. American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers. Books on Tape.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sales, Nancy Jo and Thérèse, Plummer. American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers Books on Tape, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Sales, Nancy Jo, and Thérèse Plummer. American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers Unabridged., Books on Tape, 2016.

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