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The Carrie Diaries is the prequel to the series, Sex in the City, and takes place in the 80's.. Carrie Bradshaw is a sixteen year old high schooler who is trying to find herself after the loss of her mother. She constantly has to take on the role of her mother and take care of her delinquent sister, as well as keep a internship in Manhattan from her uptight father. The series consists on Carrie and the chaos that she and the world puts herself into.

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In the 80's, media was taken in the form of music and magazines. Women's sexuality was expressed by celebrities, through their music and their pictures that they would publish. Carrie has been influenced by such media in Manhattan by the media practice model, in which Carrie chooses what she is exposed to and she interprets the media that impacts them greatly (Steele & Brown, 1995).

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In conclusion, Carrie is a growing teen that proves that adolescents has its ups and downs and that finding herself will take time and understanding between her peers and her family, however media has greatly affected how she is shaping her life.

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Carrie is partying in the big city with her internship that her father isn't aware about. She didn't tell the truth to her father about going to the party, and lied saying that she was going to a school function. Her exposure to a new life in Manhattan has corrupted her and her "goody two shoes" image with her father.

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Carrie's friends are trying to find themselves as well. In this episode, her peers are categorized into the "not so popular" clique. They have internal conflicts between Carrie's friends Maggie and Walt who are dating. Crowds  establish social norms, and the members within the crowds usually conform to those norms because they want to be able to identify with others (Brenchwald & Prinstein, 2011)

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Throughout this episode, Carrie and her father bickered about her responsibilities as well as her role as a student. The level of uncertainty between parents and their children usually rise during their adolescents, because growing adults believe that their life is going to be based on their personal choices rather than their parents (Hasbe,2005) Carrie is caught in the city where she runs into her father at the same club, and they end up in a verbal fight. Carrie displays her view of her life as she realizes she is gaining more power in status (Lachman, 2004) She explains to her dad that she needs to make her own decisions, however the father didn't understand that she has many choices ahead of her and they are limitless.