Resources

The American Teenager: Examining Pop Culture (Greenhaven, 2003).
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Teens as consumers is the theme of the third section of this anthology of writings selected by editor, Kate Burns. Use the index to access additional information about teens and the media in other sections of the book.

America's Youth (Greenhaven, 2003).
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The influences of popular culture and media on young people are discussed in this book. Editor, Roman Esperjo, collected the writings for this Opposing Viewpoints book.

Encyclopedia of Diet Fads by Marjolijn Bijlefeld and Sharon K. Zoumbaris. (Greenhaven, 2003).
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In this unique and helpful resource, Bijlefeld and Zoumbaris trace fad diets from the early days to the present. The media plays a key role in establishing notions about body image and in promoting diet fads.

Fostering Media Literacy (School Library Journal; Feb2004, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p32.)
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=12206806&db=aph%20
Columnist, Gail Junion-Metz, annotates five Web sites selected to help students learn Web site evaluation.

The Media: The Impact on Our Lives by Julian Petley (Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2001).
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Examine the influence of the media by looking at propaganda, advertising, media regulations and other topics.

Media Literacy Resources @Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/media.html
Access a wide range of media literacy resource from this annotated Web site. Political cartoons, lessons plans, and celebrity campaigns are some of resources listed.

Media Literacy Review: Media Literacy Resources
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/resources/resources.html
Lists an extensive list of categorized media literacy sources. A few of the categories are Curriculum Standards, Advertising, Online journals, and courses

Media Violence (Greenhaven, 2004).
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Opposing viewpoints on violence in media format such as videos, movies, games, and music are provided in this book. Editor, Louise I. Gerdes, selected the writings in this book.

Multimedia Seeds: Exploring Audio & Video Collection Use: Media Literacy
http://eduscapes.com/seeds/literacy.html
After a brief definition of media literacy, recommended links are grouped under topics such as News Programs, Advertising, and Television.

Pleased to Media (School Library Journal; Jan2004, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p28.)
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=11933088&db=aph%20
Recommended parent and teacher media literacy sites are the focus of this Gail Junion-Metz column.

Pro/Con: Media (Grolier Educational, 2002).
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Journalism, advertising, TV, violence, and the Internet are a few of the subjects examined in this opposing viewpoints style reference book.

Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present by
Nicholas J. Cull, David Culbert and David Welch (ABC CLIO, 2003).
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Five hundred years of propaganda history with a global perspective is collected in this survey of the topic. Current research, events, people, books, films, are some of the topics discussed in this book.

Taking Sides (Duskin Publishing Group, 1996).
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Use the index volume of this reference set to locate the pro and con viewpoints on a variety of media issues.

Youth Cultures: Texts, Images, and Identities (Praeger, 2003).
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Editors, Kerry Mallan and Sharya Pearce, have introduced and compiled thirteen scholarly articles on youth culture. Use this as a source for background information and statistics or to challenge advanced high school students.