13 Future empirical studies must address the important issues of analyzing the composition of consumer groups and their consumption strategies. For example, is it still true as Frith pointed out in 1978 that girls represent the largest group of consumers of teen pop?
14 In our sample, 155 songs out of 169 contained narratives of romantic love stories. Other themes characterizing the remaining 14 songs included dancing, partying, and friendship.
15 The study of identity formation in relation to music exposure has been informed by the development of social psychological principles of social cognition (Fiske and Taylor, 1991).
16 In sum, Frith (1978), without making an overt structural-functionalist argument, believed that the meanings of teen pop were much less countercultural than other genres in vogue at the time such as reggae and punk.