Media & Health (including violence, obesity, and body image:
media literacy education materials for parents, families and children

Welcome to an exclusive service of MediaLiteracy.com -- links to free downloadable media literacy fact sheets, discussion guides and other materials, organized by subject category.

Most downloads are easy-to-print PDF files which require the free Adobe Reader software to open. Download Adobe Reader here.

available from the Center for a Commercial-Free Childhood:

• Marketing Media Violence
• Sexualizing Childhood
• Materialism, and Family Stress
• Food Marketing and Childhood Obesity
• Body Image and Eating Disorders
  

available from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (some are PDF files, on others look for "printable version" link)

• Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising on Television, 2001-2007
• Alcohol Marketing & Youth
• Alcohol Advertising and Promotion
• African-American Youth and Alcohol Advertising
• Alcohol Advertising and Youth
• Alcohol Advertising on Sports Television, 2001 to 2003
• Hispanic Youth and Alcohol Advertising
• Television, Alcohol Ads and Youth in 2003
• The Internet, Alcohol, and Youth
• and a full-color gallery of both print and television alcohol advertising, with printable ads

available from the Kaiser Family Foundation (great stuff, these are only a few titles)

• Coverage of Health News, Jan–June 2009 -- July 2009
• Hollywood & Health: Health Content in Entertainment Television -- September 2008
• Children’s Media Use and Sleep Problems: Issues and Unanswered Questions -- June 2008
• Parents Say They’re Gaining Control Over Their Children’s Exposure to Sex and Violence in the Media -- June 2007
• Children's Exposure to Food Advertising on Television: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Results from Recent Studies by the Federal Trade Commission and the Kaiser Family Foundation -- June 2007
• New Report on Educational Media for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers -- December 2005
• Sex on TV 4 -- November 2005
• Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds -- March 2005
• The Effects of Electronic Media on Children Ages Zero to Six: A History of Research -- January 2005
• e-Health and the Elderly: How Seniors Use the Internet for Health -- January 2005

available from the Media Education Foundation

• Substances As Stress Relievers: Deconstructing Advertisements
• Deconstructing An Alcohol Advertisement
• Using Media Education to Raise Awareness About Domestic Violence
• Media Violence and Children: Statistics
• Thinking Critically About Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Pharmaceutical Advertising
• Slim Hopes [a DVD on media influence on women's body image] Study Guide Handout
• Killing Us Softly 3 [a DVD on media portrayal of women] Study Guide Handouts

available from Media-Awareness, the awesome Canadian media literacy site

• Teacher Lesson Plans (search on the right-hand bar) on Body image, Gender portrayal, Nutrition, Tobacco Advertising, Video games, Violence
• Issues section: printer-friendly materials on media violence

available from Project Look Sharp, Ithaca College

Many outstanding free curriculum kits including one on "Critical Thinking & Health."

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