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Review/discussion of Best and Bogle's book on teen sex hypes. Rainbow parties and sex bracelets proved to be imaginary phenomena. The numbers of teens engaged in "sexting" is less clear.

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Best and Bogle show how stories start and disseminate across a fragmented media environment. This review situates the authors' analysis of contemporary legends and social problems in the context of new media and moral panics.

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This page is a summary of: Kids Gone Wild: From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype Over Teen SexKids Gone Wild: From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype Over Teen Sex, by BestJoelBogleKathleen A.New York: New York University Press, 2014. 177 pp. $2..., Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, February 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0094306116629410e.
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