Relevance:
This article examines the effects that mass media can have on the health and well-being of children. This article relates to our topic by answering how media can effect youth.
uthor Affiliations
aDepartment of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico;
bAnnenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and
cDepartment of Communications, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Authority:
The authors are all university professors. The article was published in the Journal of Pediatrics. This suggests that the authors are very qualified to write on the topic.
Purpose:
The purpose of this article is to foster the use of mass media in a way that is beneficial to youth. By engaging parents, schools, the government, advertising professionals, practitioners, and the entertainment industry, society can attempt to reduce the negative effects of media on youth.
Health Effects of Media on Children and Adolescents
Health Effects of Media on Children and Adolescents
This article examines the correlation between mass media and its health consequences on youth. Mass media content can increase aggression, sexual behavior, drug and alcohol use, and obesity.
Relevance:
This article seeks to determine if mass media can lead to more awareness among children of physical activity. This parallels with our topic "mass media effects on youth."
*National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Author Affiliations
nationally representative telephone survey
of children 9 to 13 years of age
Accuracy:
The information contained in the study comes from a telephone survey of children.
A significant positive relationship was detected between the level of awareness of VERB and weekly median sessions of free-time
physical activity among the total population of 9- to 13-year-old youths
Purpose:
The purpose of the article is to determine if the VERB mass media campaign can effectively increase awareness of physical activity. As awareness increased via the media campaign, physical activity also increased.
This research article seeks to determine if a mass media campaign can effectively increase physical activity among children. The VERB campaign and child-focused advertising promoting physical activity achieved high levels of awareness amongst youth.
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.
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.
The use of social media can be both beneficial and harmful to children. Improved socialization, communication, and learning opportunities are benefits of social media. Cyberbullying, harassment, sexting, and "Facebook Depression" are all negative effects of social media on youth.
Purpose:
The purpose of this article is to inform pediatricians on ways to help parents and their children be better educated on the effects of social media on youth.