Reading audiences: young people and the media.

Introduction - young people and the media, David Buckingham taking sides? what young girls do with television, Chris Richards "The Mahabharata" - from Sanskrit to sacred soap - a case study of the reception of two contemporary televisual versions, Marie Gillespie "Daddy's Gonna Buy You a Dream to Cling to (and Mummy's Gonna Love You Just as Much as She Can)" - young girls and popular television, Valerie Walkerdine and June Melody boys' talk - television and the policing of masculinity, David Buckingham girls tell the teen romance - four reading histories, Gemma Moss untidy, depressing and violent - a boy's own story, Julian Sefton-Green seeing how far you can see - on being a fan of "2000 A.D.", Martin Barker repeatable pleasures - notes on young people's use of video, Julian Wood conclusion - re-reading audiences, David Buckingham.