The Changing Portrayal of Adolescents in the Media Since 1950Adolescents are eager consumers of mass media entertainment and are particularly susceptible to various forms of media influence, such as modeling, desensitization, and contagion. These once controversial phenomena are now widely accepted along with the recognition that th media are a major socializer of youth During the economic boom of the post World War II era, marketers and advertisers identified adolescents as a major audience, which led to the