The Media Messages That Older Children and Adolescents Receive from Video

question 46

Multiple Choice

The media messages that older children and adolescents receive from video games, comic strips, and literature

• A) present less stereotypical portrayals than television.
• B) present even more stereotypical portrayals than television.
• C) have less power to influence these children and adolescents than television does.
• D) has become feminist rather than promoting gender stereotyping.

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