The link above is very informational and can give you a great insight on the medias effect on teens and also what caught my eye about this website is the information about the medias effect on sexual purity.
"The mass media is an increasingly accessible way for people to learn about and see sexual behavior (Brown, 2002, p. 1). In the United States, young people spend six to seven hours each day on average with some form of media (Brown, 2002, p. 1). According to one national survey of young people (10-17 years old) who regularly used the Internet, one out of four said he or she had encountered unwanted pornography in the past year. And one out of five had been exposed to unwanted sexual solicitations or approaches (Finkelhor, Mitchell, & Wolak, 2000, p. 1). More than half of the high school boys and girls in a national survey in 1997 said they had learned about birth control, contraception, or preventing pregnancy from television; almost two thirds (63%) of the girls (and 40% of the boys) said they had learned about these topics from magazines (Sutton, Brown, Wilson, & Klein, 2002, p. 25). Emerging studies address how the media play an important role in how audiences—especially young people—select, interpret, and apply sexual content (Steele, 1999, p. 331).
Content analyses suggest that media audiences are most likely to learn that sex is consequence-free, rarely planned, and more a matter of lust than love (Kunkel et al., 1999, p. 1). One qualitative study found three patterns of sexual media use among early adolescent girls (11-15 years old) that suggested that sexual portrayals in the media influenced girls who were more interested in learning about relationship norms, strategies for establishing relationships, and tips on how to be sexually attractive (Brown, 2002, p. 2). Some girls still found depictions of sex in the media (e.g., nudity in advertisements) "gross" and "disgusting," while other girls had papered their walls with images of media models they lusted after or aspired to be (Brown, 2002, p. 2). Mass media influences adolescent girls starting at very early ages through different outlets in the area of sexuality."
Above is the excerpt I pulled off of the link provided by Erica Lauren Sanders, from the information above, I found it astounding that sites geared towards teenage girls provide an influence of pornography and drill our youth full of graphic sexual images meant for adults in a private manor. This is very true, I remember when I was a teenager and everyone talking about vulgar sexual positions and experiences they have seen on the web, it is critical that something is done about this dilemma.
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