Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
School-based Smoking Prevention with Media Literacy: A Pilot Study. |
| Authors: |
Bier, Melinda C.1, Schmidt, Spring J.1, Shields, David1, Zwarun, Lara2, Sherblom, Stephen3, Primack, Brian4, Pulley, Cynthia5, Rucker, Billy5 |
| Source: |
Journal of Media Literacy Education. Dec2010, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p185-198. 14p. 5 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Media literacy, *Mass media, *Media programs (Education), Smoking prevention, Physiological effects of tobacco |
| Abstract: |
School-based tobacco prevention programs have had limited success reducing smoking rates in the long term. Media literacy programs offer an innovative vehicle for delivery of potentially more efficacious anti-tobacco education. However, these programs have been neither widely implemented nor well evaluated. We conducted a pre-post evaluation of a cross-disciplinary tobacco media literacy program. The sample consisted of 204 students across six schools. Results indicated that students' smoking-specific media literacy and general media literacy measures increased significantly over the course of the intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
