Using both Television and Cultural Studies as a lens, this thesis will negotiate through television that is written for teen audiences and analyze the possibilities of the genre while addressing the impacts of the genre who is watching, what they are gaining from it, and how their identity is modified as a response to and in relation to what they have seen. I chose to link identity formation and the development of national identity by analyzing two popular teen programs, Degrassi: the Next Generation (DTNG) and The OC. --Leaf 3.
