| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Misrepresentations and Myths of Youth Images | 第11-38页 |
| ·Youth Images in Hollywood Teen Movies | 第11-18页 |
| ·Teen Movie Profile | 第11-12页 |
| ·Kids: The Politics of?Diminished Hopes | 第12-16页 |
| ·The Stereotypes of Ghetto Movies | 第16-18页 |
| ·What is a Ghetto Movie? | 第16页 |
| ·Ghetto Movie Stereotypes | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Significance of the Stereotypes in Ghetto Movies | 第17-18页 |
| ·Unbalanced News Coverage | 第18-24页 |
| ·The News Media Report Crimes, Especially Violent Crimes, out of Proportion to its Actual Occurrence | 第19-22页 |
| ·The News Media Report Crimes as a Series of Individual Events without Adequate Attention to its Overall Context | 第22页 |
| ·The News Media, Particularly Television News, Unduly Connect Races and Crimes, Especially Violent Crimes | 第22-23页 |
| ·Youth Rarely Appear in the News, But When They Do, They Are often Connected to Violence | 第23-24页 |
| ·Youth in Advertising | 第24-31页 |
| ·An Analysis of the Calvin Klein Jeans Advertising: Exploited Images in the Adult World | 第25-28页 |
| ·Kids as the Target of Marketing: Branded Youth | 第28-31页 |
| ·New Target of?the Marketers | 第28-29页 |
| ·Marketers Are Selling Adulthood | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Youth Are Buying For Self-Betterment And Self-Identity | 第30-31页 |
| ·Y outh Images in Music | 第31-38页 |
| ·Public Debate On Heavy Metal | 第32-34页 |
| ·Youth Images in Hip-Hop | 第34-36页 |
| ·Music Videos Strengthen the Images | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Two: Public Policies Against American Youth | 第38-46页 |
| ·Drug Testing in School | 第38-41页 |
| ·School Gun Check | 第41-43页 |
| ·Heavy Sentence on Juvenile Delinquency | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Three What Are the Young People in the US Really Like? | 第46-61页 |
| ·Are Drug Problems Really So Serious? | 第46-47页 |
| ·Is Violence Trend Really Rising High Among Young People? | 第47-51页 |
| ·Are Teenagers More Likely to Commit Crimes than Adults? | 第47-49页 |
| ·Are Schools Dangerous Places? | 第49-50页 |
| ·If Juvenile Crimes are at the Lowest Level in Decades, Why do So Many Americans Believe Otherwise? | 第50-51页 |
| ·Are American Adolescents Indulging in Irresponsible Sex? | 第51-53页 |
| ·Media Bias on Teen Sex Problems | 第51页 |
| ·Statistics on Teen Sex and Parenthood | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Influence of Media on Teen Sex | 第52-53页 |
| ·Is Students' School Performance Worse Than the Previous Generations? | 第53-57页 |
| ·The Improvement in Students' Grades | 第53-54页 |
| ·Students Spend More Time On Their Homework | 第54-55页 |
| ·Students Are Involved In Their Schools | 第55-56页 |
| ·American Youth Care About Their Grades Rather Than Beiing Indifferent To Them | 第56-57页 |
| ·Students Regard College As Important For Their Future | 第57页 |
| ·Do The Adolescents Hate Their Families? | 第57-61页 |
| ·Young People Feel Like Spending Time With Their Families | 第58页 |
| ·Students Get Along With Parents | 第58-59页 |
| ·Large Numbers of Students Choose a Family Member as their Role Model | 第59-61页 |
| Conclusion | 第61-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-68页 |
