East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Student Works 5-2002 Out of the Spotlight and into the Shadows: An Examination of Communication about Adolescent Girls on Music Television. Stacy Nichole Fentress East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Fentress, Stacy Nichole, "Out of the Spotlight and into the Shadows: An Examination of Communication about Adolescent Girls on Music Television." (2002). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 653. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/653 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Out of the Spotlight and into the Shadows: An Examination of Communication about Adolescent Girls on Music Television A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of Communication East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Professional Communication by Stacy Nichole Fentress May 2002 Amber Kinser, Ph.D., Chair John King, Ph.D. Martha Copp, Ph.D. Keywords: Adolescent Girls, Music Television (MTV), Body Dissatisfaction, Confidence Slide, Cultivation Theory ABSTRACT Out of the Spotlight and into the Shadows: An Examination of Communication about Adolescent Girls on Music Television by Stacy Nichole Fentress This study examines portrayals of adolescent girls on Music Television (MTV).