Accelerated maturity refers to the concept of young children and adolescents experiencing pressures to leave childhood and enter adulthood sooner. Perceptions of childhood and maturation have changed slowly, but significantly, over the last five-six generations and either inspires adult content in youth media or arises from it. Nonetheless, today's youth are confronted with adult media content like never before, through
films, television programs, social media/internet, and other mediums. Adult content includes both subtle and graphic representations of sex, violence. drug use, alcohol consumption, and emotionally upselling topics such as rape, infidelity, among more.
Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
Contributors
Dr. Jane Halonen (Faculty Mentor)
Publisher
University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
Format
pdf
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Identifiers
99380090892906600
Academic Unit
Office of Undergraduate Research; 2021 Student Scholars Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase