Secret Identities and Double Lives on Tween TV

Amy Richards Franzini (Widener University, USA)

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Routledge
03 April 2025

Art & Architecture; Communication studies; TV & society; Child & developmental psychology; Social, group or collective psychology

Series: Routledge Focus on Television Studies

Secret Identities and Double Lives on Tween TV in introduces readers to the concepts of tweenhood and television (TV) tropes by providing historical and theoretical contexts and reviewing the history of TV targeted to tweens.

Through a qualitative analysis of various live-action sitcoms, this book explores the popularity of programming featuring characters leading secret lives and targeted to tweens. By unpacking various theoretical explanations of this distinct period of life and examining them through the critical lens of the content of these tween TV shows that feature secret identities, the book offers a unique understanding of the tween experience woven in the nexus of power, morality, friendship, romance, family life and self-identity.

This book’s analysis and understanding would benefit children’s media scholars and researchers, students of media studies, communication studies, cultural studies, adolescent studies, and child development.

By: Amy Richards Franzini (Widener University USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781032972695
ISBN 10: 1032972696
Series: Routledge Focus on Television Studies
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 03 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Tweens, Teens and TV Chapter 3. Secret Identities Chapter 4. Power Chapter 5. Morality Chapter 6. Friendship Chapter 7. Romance Chapter 8. Siblings Chapter 9. Parents Chapter 10. Extended Family and Mentors Chapter 11. Revelation Appendix Index

Amy Richards Franzini is Professor of Communication Studies at Widener University, USA. She studies the representations of children, childhood, parents, and parenting in popular media. She has written chapters in the books Fleeting Images: Portrayals of Children in Popular Culture and Common Sense: Intelligence as Presented on Popular Television, and has articles published in Journal of Sex Research, Communication Teacher and Journal of Children and Media.