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Reflections on the Influence of American TV Series "13 Reasons Why" on Teenagers
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Abstract
With the continuous development of modern society and economy, Internet technology and mobile terminal devices have been rapidly popularized, and young people have more options for leisure and entertainment, among which movies and TV dramas are one of the most important ones, which are very attractive to young people and play a certain guiding role. Young people can learn important life knowledge from movies and TV dramas. But at the same time, some bad content and scenes of teenagers also have a negative impact on the healthy growth of teenagers. Therefore, this paper mainly discusses the impact of the TV series 13 Reasons Why on the health of teenagers. Through analyzing the content of the play and combining with the collected literature, this paper analyzes the impact on the health of teenagers and gives suggestions on how to better guide teenagers to watch the play and reduce the adverse effects.
Keywords
adolescent, mental health, suicide, bullying, sexual assault
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Psychology and Humanity Studies
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-397-5
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-398-2
- Published Date
- 26 April 2024
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- Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-7048
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-7056
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-7048/50/20240914
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- 26 April 2024
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