MAY/JUNE 2002

6/17 New books (previously posted HERE can now be found under BOOKS)

Majority of TV Kids Have an Active Father Figure But Less Than Half Live With Both Parents

June 12, 2002 Hollywood, Calif. -- The Parents Television Council (PTC), a non-partisan, non-profit, grassroots organization with over 715,000 members, today released its first-ever analysis of the presence of father figures in families on prime-time network television. The study found that 83% of all TV children have some sort of father figure involved in their lives. The study also found that less than half of all TV children live with both biological parents.
, a non-partisan, non-profit, grassroots organization with over 715,000 members, today released its first-ever analysis of the presence of father figures in families on prime-time network television. The study found that 83% of all TV children have some sort of father figure involved in their lives. The study also found that less than half of all TV children live with both biological parents.
, a non-partisan, non-profit, grassroots organization with over 715,000 members, today released its first-ever analysis of the presence of father figures in families on prime-time network television. The study found that 83% of all TV children have some sort of father figure involved in their lives. The study also found that less than half of all TV children live with both biological parents.
http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/release/2002/pr061202.asp

The Teens, Sex and TV Survey Snapshot presents data on the  role of television in influencing adolescents' decisions related to sexual behavior. This survey of a nationally representative sample of more than 500 adolescents ages 15 through 17 was jointly conducted by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and US News and World Report. The snapshot, highlighting key findings of the survey, is available at:   http://www.kff.org/content/2002/3229/TeenSnapshot.pdf

6/11  added new category MEDIA OWNERSHIP/MERGERS; arranged categories alphabetically

Order NOW:  Pride & Joy: Media Literacy and the Early Years new special expanded edition of Telemedium: The Journal of Media Literacy. For details go to the National Telemedia Council's home page.

Making Media Connections is the cover story in June's Cable In The Classroom Magazine. Several articles of interest, including an interview with AMLA President Faith Rogow. 

Who's Telling You What To Think? Cover Story in Good News magazine, May-June 2002 Also included: Should You Believe All The News You Hear?; Is Your Family Manipulated by Mass Media?; Countering A Degenerating Culture

5/27  Added new link:  Learn To Question- Propaganda, Virtual Lesson, under Category Progaganda

School based publications &  articles of interest:
How Tobacco Ads Target Teens, Current Health 2, April/May 2002
Smoked Out,  Upfront, NY Times news magazine for teens, May 6 issue
Guerilla Advertising -Advertising's Sneak Attack, Upfront, April 8 issue
Trouble on TV (media and body image) Scholastic CHOICES, April 2002 issue

Media Literacy: A Public Policy Report,  issued by the Free Expression Policy Project, National Coalition Against Censorship  available here: http://www.fepproject.org/policyreports/medialiteracy.html  

Media Literacy- one page article in May/June LINK UP, publication for online users.  It is a general review of educational organizations who advocate for enlightened media consumption. 

May 17  Network TV Lacks Diversity, read the Children Now research report "Fall Colors"  online http://www.childrennow.org/media/fc2002/fc-2002-highlights.htm

May 17- American Journalism Review announces relaunch of their website:  http://www.ajr.org

May 9--Read extensive research report on improving PSAs: Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes (pdf document)