In this article, the authors review basic research on adolescent development in
neuroscience, psychology, and marketing. The findings indicate that adolescents are more …

'Skinny models send unhealthy message' 68 'My body and me': women in the newspapers
74 'You can get rid of cellulite'and 'make any man better in bed' 82 'What boys love about …

Objectification theory has linked self-objectification to negative emotional experiences and
disordered eating behavior in cultures that sexually objectify the female body. This link has …

Concern is growing about the effectiveness of television advertising regulation in the light of
technological developments in the media. The current rapid growth of TV platforms in …

Consumer (in) vulnerability is studied via a quasi-ethnographic longitudinal study of
adolescents aged 11–15. The study focuses on how adolescents define their vulnerabilities …

Advertising is often seen as an efficient but sometimes ineffective external influence on
buyer behavior. Marketers are therefore seeking ways to make advertising more effective …

Purpose–The objective of this study is to explore adolescent girls' knowledge about the
types of beauty valued in contemporary American popular and commercial culture …

Marketing messages socialize individuals into believing that (amongst other practices)
consuming cosmetics is the key to beauty and such messages are now being targeted …

The paper begins with a survey of research on television reception, arguing that television
blurs the boundaries between information and entertainment to such an extent that students …

The concept of consumer vulnerability has been defined in various ways by authors in
consumer research and other human science disciplines. Although different …