Allie White

ABSTRACT This study uses an online experiment among 15–17-year-old participants (n = 566) to test whether adolescents’ involvement with television characters (i.e. wishful identification, parasocial interaction, perceived age similarity, attraction) varied based on character age (teen or adult), and whether involvement moderated the relationship between exposure to onscreen risk behaviors (drinking and combining drinking and sex) and intention to engage in alcohol and sex-related behaviors.

The "Allie's Way Act" is named for 2-year-old girl Allie White, who was hit and killed by a distracted driver in Round Rock in 2019.

Netflix’s acclaimed miniseries “Unorthodox” follows the experiences of Esty, a young Orthodox woman living in Brooklyn who flees to Berlin to escape her arranged marriage. For costume designer Justine Seymour, the extreme specificity of the show’s costuming needs was both a delight and a challenge.