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Media Literacy

Media Literacy. http://www.oneworld.net/penguin/pollution/pollution_home.html. Did you know…. by the time the average American graduates from High School they will have spent more time in front of a television than in classroom instruction. What is Media?. Newspaper TV Billboards

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Media Literacy

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  1. Media Literacy

  2. http://www.oneworld.net/penguin/pollution/pollution_home.htmlhttp://www.oneworld.net/penguin/pollution/pollution_home.html

  3. Did you know…. by the time the average American graduates from High School they will have spent more time in front of a television than in classroom instruction.

  4. What is Media? • Newspaper • TV • Billboards • Magazines • Internet • Radio

  5. http://www.americanpresidents.org/classroom/overview.asp

  6. What role does the media play? • To educate • To sell • To entertain

  7. 1 2 3 5 4 http://www.advertisementave.com/

  8. http://www.skechers.com/asseenin/default.jhtml

  9. Media Literacy Topic Areas: Violence Body image Advertising Tobacco and Alcohol Attitudes and Values

  10. Violence in the Media http://www.vredesopvoeding.be/Geweld-media.htm

  11. http://www.naa.org/display/sesamestreet35/

  12. http://www.nebulasearch.com/posters/posters/798-Matrix-Movieshttp://www.nebulasearch.com/posters/posters/798-Matrix-Movies

  13. http://www.fazmania.gametimes.net/p8.asp

  14. http://www.earlychildhoodbehavioralhealth.com/Articles/UnderstandViolence.htmhttp://www.earlychildhoodbehavioralhealth.com/Articles/UnderstandViolence.htm

  15. http://members.aol.com/cbjurman/intv/intvlib.html

  16. http://back.boom.ru/WallPapers/26/0306.html

  17. Effects of media violence • Increased aggressiveness and antisocial behavior. • Increased fear of becoming a victim. • Increased desensitization to violence and victims of violence. • Increased appetite for more violence in entertainment and real life. • The belief that fighting is a means to “handling” conflict.

  18. Body image http://gnfc.org.uk/Images/woman_mirror.jpg

  19. Remember our first toys?

  20. Media is one of the major contributing factors to body image. International Eating Disorder Referral Organization

  21. Fake or Foto? http://www.alias.com/eng/etc/fakeorfoto/quiz.html

  22. Fake or Foto?

  23. Fake or Foto?

  24. http://www.about-face.org/gow/newten/1/index.shtml

  25. What can you do? • Weight doesn’t define who you are or what you are as a person. • Don’t get hung up on numbers, weight doesn’t tell you much: Muscle weighs more than fat. • Weight isn’t the best indicator of health or fitness, your eating habits, exercise patterns and other choices are more important.

  26. more tips • Stop negative thoughts about yourself. • Compliment yourself. • Do not let the media influence your body image. • Remember that photographs are air brushed to reach the thin ideal body.

  27. Advertising

  28. How marketing targets youth • Commercials • Incentives (toys, games) • Athletes/Celebrities • Product placement

  29. Commercials

  30. Incentives and Toys http://www.burgertoys.com/

  31. Celebrities http://products.peapod.com/559.html

  32. Athletes

  33. Product Placement http://www.med.sc.edu:1081/prodplacement.htm

  34. Tobacco and Alcohol in the media

  35. Did you know that each year alcohol and tobacco companies spend billions of dollars trying to get your attention ?

  36. It works!! 91% of 6-year-olds know who Joe Camel is, the same as Mickey Mouse. http://www.grudge-match.com/Images/JoeCamel.jpg http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Mickey_Mouse_spotlight-01.jpg

  37. “Today’s teenager is tomorrow’s potential regular customer, and the overwhelming majority of smokers begin to smoke while still in their teens. The smoking patterns of teenagers are particularly important to Phillip Morris” • “Evidence is now available to indicate that the 14-18 year old group is an increasing segment of the smoking population. RJ Reynolds must soon establish a successful new brand in this market if our position in the industry is to be maintained in the long term.”

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