American Academy of Pediatrics. (2011). Family life: Points to make with your teen about media. Healthy Children Organization. Retrieved from http://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/pages/Points-to....
This article covers the media and movie's portrayal of violence, sex, body image, tobacco, illicit drugs, male-female stereotypes, and racial and ethnic stereotypes. This article offers a few suggestions to parents on teaching their teens to use critical thinking when watching movies, advertisements, and other media venues.
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Crisis Connection Incorporated. (n.d.). Media influence on youth. Crisis Connection Incorporated: Girls, Women, & Media Project. Retrieved from http://www.crisisconnectioninc.org/teens/media_influence_on_youth.htm.
This article offers some facts and statistics about the influence the media has over adolescent body image, sexuality, and violence. This article gives an overview of the unrealistic and unhealthy body image youth, particularly female youth, are exposed to on a daily basis through various media outlets. The authors also stress the myriad effects this exposure has on adolescents and offers suggestions to parents about activities and games the parents can play with their children to increase media literacy.
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Cook, J. L. & Cook, G. (2009). Explaining media's effects. Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall. Retrieved from Education.com http://www.education.com/reference/article/explaining-medias-effects-chi....
This article explains the various ways and methods that children learn and the relationship that learning has with media. This article also stresses the importance of the role parents play in teaching and influencing their children.
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2008). Tweens, teens, and magazines. Education.com. Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Tweens_Teens/.
This article explains the effects that magazines have on preteens and teenagers, both male and female. It also discusses the role teen magazines play in their life, and some worrisome emerging trends.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Teachable media moments. Education.com. Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Teachable_Media/.
This article offers advice to parents about the teaching opportunities that arise through television, music, and advertisements. This article offers practical advice on how to teach critical thinking skills.
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Gurian, A. (n.d.). How to raise an educated consumer. NYU Child Study Center. Retrieved from Education.com via http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_How_Raise_Educated/.
This article offers background information on the media industry. It also offers excellent tips to parents on how to increase consumer awareness.
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Journal of American Academy of Pediatrics. (2006). Children, adolescents, and advertising. Pediatrics; 118: 6. Retrieved from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/118/6/2563.
This article takes an aggressive stance on the negative effect that media advertising via internet, magazines, and even schools have on young children and adolescents. It offers information on the powerful effects that media education has on reducing these negative effects.
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Korn, D. (2006). Ethical judgments of sexual appeals in advertising image-based products to teens. University of Rhode Island Senior Honors Projects; Paper 5. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=s....
This paper discusses at length the effect that sex appeal in advertisements targeted to teenagers aged 12-17 has. The author performed content analysis through the use of Media Research Inc, an MRI database. It addressees and raises viable ethical questions and concerns about this use in marking.
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Story, M. & French, S. (2004). Food advertising and marketing directed at children and adolescents in the US. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity; 1:3. Retrieved from National Institute of Health via http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC416565/.
This article examines the use of marketing and advertising channels that are used to target toddlers, children, and adolescents. This article also looks at the impact food advertising has on eating behavior, and the current U.S. regulations and policies that govern these practices.
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Media Awareness Network. (2010). How marketers target kids. Retrieved from http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/marketing/marketers_target....
This article covers the power toddlers, children, adolescents, and teenagers weld as consumers, brand name loyalty, buzz or street marketing, commercialization of education, the internet, and marketing adult entertainment to children. Also addressed are the despicable practices that advertizing agencies use in hiring child psychologists to ensure that their "message" is getting across in such as way as to make the greatest impact on children.
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Media Awareness Network. (2010). Special issues for tweens and teens. Retrieved from http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/marketing/issues_teens_mar....
The article addresses the specific targeting of children age 8 to 12 who are not yet teens, but still beginning to face the difficult challenge of navigating the treacherous waters of self control and autonomy. Specifically addressed in this article is the marketing tools, the use of body image in advertising, tobacco and alcohol, and the special "packaging" of the transition into teenager years.
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Evans, T. (1986). Societal hypocrisy helps to promote teenage pregnancy. Journal of the National Medical Association; 78:5. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2571360/pdf/jnma00256-0023.pdf.
This article offers statistics to support the author's hypothesis that society at large, and media in particular are at fault for the rising rates of teenage pregnancy. The author specifically takes a scathing look at the effects the media has had on propagating this phenomenon.
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Durcholz, S. E. (2006). Sounds of country: Buying America's youth. Crisis Connection Incorporated. Retrieved from http://www.crisisconnectioninc.org/teens/buying_americas_youth.htm.
This article addressed the exploitation of youth in today's multi-billion dollar marketing industry. The interesting aspect of this article is its addressing of the psychological manipulation strategies of marketers.
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Taflinger, R. F. (1996). Taking advantage: You and me, babe: Sex and advertising. Taking ADvantage, Chapter 6. Retrieved from http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~taflinge/sex.html.
This chapter of Taflinger's book takes an interesting look at the perspective of biology and social evolution in the effect on sex appeal. It also spells out the various ways that advertising agencies specifically market their products to male or female demographics. The author makes it easier for the reader to understand why and how certain ads are geared to attract one gender over the other.
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Crisis Connection Incorporated. (2006). Internet safety. Retrieved from http://www.crisisconnectioninc.org/pdf/Teen_Handout.pdf.
This is a handout designed specifically for teenagers to spell out the dangers that lurk behind the supposed innocence of the internet. It offers practical advice to parents and teens on how to stay safe.
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American Academy of Pediatrics. (n.d.). Understanding the impact of media on children and teens. American Academy of Pediatrics. Retrieved via Crisis Connection Incorporated from http://www.crisisconnectioninc.org/pdf/Understanding_the_Impact_of_Media....
This is a comprehensive article that addresses the power the media has over children and the messages that get taught via the various media outlets. It offers practical and fun ways for parents to interact with their children to begin teaching the falsehoods of media advertising, effective beginning in young childhood.
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