Youth and media / Andy Ruddock.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why youth media? -- Understanding media content : social and cultural approaches to media effects -- Understanding the influence of media technologies : youth, dissent, social media and social history -- Understanding global media industries : China, reality television and media governance -- Understanding media users : girls, mobile phones and identities -- Understanding media violence : school shootings, media stories and the framing of social reality -- Understanding advertising and marketing : students and alcohol -- Understanding political communication : Barack Obama, media convergence and mediated intimacy -- Understanding celebrity : Bam Margera and the role of sport in media convergence -- Understanding critical media studies : child soldiers, media business and media education -- Epilogue : doing youth and media