HD FS 239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Waking Hours, Apache Hadoop, Sexting
21 Sep 2016
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Adolescents in the us spend almost 50% of their waking hours in leisure activities. Moods are generally most positive when they are with their friends; least positive when they are alone. Moods when they are with their family fall somewhere in between. Between grades 5 and 9, adolescents" moods while with friends become more positive. Two-thirds of american high school students are in one or more extracurricular activities. May enhance students" psychological well-being and social status. Virtually all american households have tvs, computers, and internet access (regardless of family income) Of adolescents have their own cell phone. Average adolescents spend nearly 8 hours a day using 1+ media. More than 70% of all shows popular among teens contain sexual content. Most common sexual messages concern men seeing women as sex objects-which is a message that teens are especially susceptible. Repeated exposure affects adolescents" attitudes, beliefs, and intentions. More than 60% of tv programming contains violence.
