Directions: Listen to the following passage and fill in the blanks with what you hear.

At a time when researchers are still sorting out the complex relationship between adolescents and the mass media, the entire nature of the media system is 

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. The explosive growth of the Internet is ushering in a new 

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. The young are 

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 much more rapidly than adults. In addition, because of their increased spending power, youths have become a 

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 for advertisers. These trends have spurred (促进) the proliferation (激增) of websites and other forms of 

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 specifically designed for teens and children. The burgeoning (迅速发展的) 

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 has spawned (引发) a new generation of market research companies, and market research on children and the youth is outpacing (赶超) 

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 on young people and the newer media. The emergence of this new media culture

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 and peril (风险) for the younger generation.