Constructing the Runaway Youth Problem
Boy Adventurers to Girl Prostitutes, 1960–1978
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20299693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen M Staller (University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 330-346 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9916 • E-ISSN: 1460-2466 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2003.tb02594.x |
| OpenAlex | W2149517913 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 21 |
In this longitudinal qualitative case study, the author examined the social construction of “runaway youth” in print media during 1960–1978. The study found running away was an unconstructed problem (or simmering social condition) in the early 1960s and featured harmless adventures. In 1967, moral panic associated with the “hippie” discourse resulted in rewriting the basic runaway narrative. Afterwards, “runaway youth” emerged as a socially constructed problem featuring teenage girl prostitutes. This study contributes to the “runaway” discourse in general; situates discourse about runaways as predecessor to that of “missing children” documented by other researchers; provides insight into the rhetorical processes—within the print media domain—at work in public problem construction; and allows insights into the mechanics of how moral panic alters basic scripts in public problem narratives
Adventure · Art · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Girl · Literature · Media studies · Moral panic · Narrative · Rhetorical question · Scripting language · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2020 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |