Editing Teen magazine (section)

== Audience ==
Although in the United States, adolescence is generally considered to be the period between the ages 11 and 19, and teen magazines usually cater to people within that range, many readers comprise an even wider age range.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Teen Magazines - Home|url = http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall07/Moorhouse/index.html|website = iml.jou.ufl.edu|access-date = 2015-12-09}}</ref> According to a 2006 report by Magazine Publishers of America, 78% of teens read magazines.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Teen Magazines - Impact|url = http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall07/Moorhouse/impact.html|website = iml.jou.ufl.edu|access-date = 2015-12-09}}</ref> Of the media that adolescents refer to for information about sex, teen magazines are particularly important because they influence knowledge, attitudes, and values about sex and sexuality, especially for teenage girls.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Preteen girls, magazines, and the negotiation of young sexual femininity|journal = Gender and Education|pages = 700–713|volume = 27|issue = 6|doi = 10.1080/09540253.2015.1078453|first1 = Tiina|last1 = Vares|first2 = Sue|last2 = Jackson|year = 2015|s2cid = 145427598}}</ref>

According to Amy S. Pattee, author of ''The Developmental Appropriateness of Teen Magazines'', the experience of reading teen magazines can result in heavy psychological impacts on their readers. The covers and content of the latest teen magazines promise adolescent girls dates, beauty, and success.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Mass Market Mortification: The Developmental Appropriateness of Teen Magazines and the Embarrassing Story Standard|jstor = 10.1086/380851|journal = The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy|date = 2004-01-01|pages = 1–20|volume = 74|issue = 1|doi = 10.1086/380851|first = Amy S.|last = Pattee|s2cid = 143818059}}</ref> Compared to the rich superstar singer, and the skinniest model shown and praised in the magazine, the reader is most likely to be left with a negative self-image and a heavy desire to aspire to be just like the women they read about.