Adolescents' sexual media diets

A model of how adolescents choose, interpret, and interact with the mass me dia is discussed in the context of sexual development. The Media Practice M odel suggests that adolescents select and react to sexual media diets that speak to an emerging sense of themselves as sexual human beings. Relatively little is known about how the sexual content adolescents attend to in the media is interpreted or incorporated into their lives. Entertainment-educat ion and media literacy are two strategies for increasing the possibility of healthy outcomes from adolescents' use of sexual media. (C) Society for Ad olescent Medicine, 2000.