Relevance:
Our topic is media effects on youth. This article coincides perfectly with our topic by examining how media effects binge drinking in youth.
Yanovitzky and Stryker study the effects of mass media on health behavior change of youth, particularly binge drinking. The study shows that mass media has contributed to a more accepted view of binge drinking.
This research article links the effects of media to binge drinking in youth. Mass media has contributed to the social acceptability of binge drinking. The research suggests, however, that direct evidence of this contributing to increased binge drinking amongst youth is not supported.