1. Pick one of the websites or articles listed below. What is media literacy and why is it an important aspect of nutrition education? If you were going to put together a media literacy nutrition curriculum together for individuals 2-18 years old what would be the important issues to include? If there is curriculum on the website that you pick, assess it strengths and weaknesses.

2. Find one ad in print material or youtube that illustrates the importance of media literacy education. Put this on the discussion forum for media literacy++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1. ACME: Action Coalition for Media Education. Media literacy education, grassroots media reform, and independent media production. www.acmecoalition.org/home; See “Food for Thought: Challenging Big Food/Media’s Monopoly Over Our Media Culture.”-

2. McCannon, Robert: Adolescents and media literacy. Adolescent Medicine Clinics. 16(2):463-80, xi, 2005 Jun. can be accessed through medline

3. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine: Nutrition and Media Literacy http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=381673#qundefined

4. American Physiological Association on media: http://www.apa.org/topics/kids-media/food.aspx

5. Bell RA. Cassady D. Culp J . Frequency and types of foods advertised on Saturday morning and weekday afternoon English- and Spanish-language American television programs.Alcalay R.Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior. 41(6):406-13, 2009 Nov-Dec.

6. Bergsma, LJ and Carney, ME. Effectiveness of health-promoting media literacy education: a systematic review. http://her.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/3/522.long

7. Cable in the Classroom; the Cable Industry's (non-profit) Education Foundation: http://www.ciconline.org/home Media Literacy enrichment tools.

8. Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood: www.commercialfreechildhood.org -

9. Center for Ecoliteracy: www.ecoliteracy.org Dedicated to education for sustainable living. Articles about school food, nutrition and environment http://www.ecoliteracy.org/publications/essays

10. Center for Media Literacy Education. www.medialit.org See http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article676.html for discussion on media and obesity

11. Evans, Alexandra et al: Changing the home nutrition environment: effects of a nutrition and media literacy pilot intervention. Family & Community Health. 29(1):43-54, 2006 Jan-Mar.

12. Commercial Alert. Works against rampant commercialism and exploitation of children: www.commercialalert.org/

13. Common Sense Media. Media reviews and resources for managing the media and raising media-savvy kids. www.commonsensemedia.org -

14. Coughlin JW. Kalodner C. Media literacy as a prevention intervention for college women at low- or high-risk for eating disorders.. Body Image. 3(1):35-43, 2006 Mar.

15. Faulkner GE. Kwan MY. MacNeill M. Brownrigg M..The Long Live Kids campaign: awareness of campaign messages Journal of Health Communication. 16(5):519-32, 2011 May.

16. "Food Advertising and Marketing Directed at Children and Adolescents in the U.S.," Story, Mary, and French, Simone, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, February 2004. www.ijbnpa.org/content/1/1/3

17. Goldberg JP. Sliwa SA Communicating actionable nutrition messages: challenges and opportunities. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 70(1):26-37, 2011 Feb.

18. Healthy Food Claims by Food Industry. Read this short notice and reearch the subject. http://www.foodanddrinkeurope.com/Products-Marketing/The-naked-truth-about-kids-food-advertising?utm_source=RSS_text_news . And review website http://www.bbb.org/us/children-food-beverage-advertising-initiative/

19. Hobbs, Renee. Broder, Sharon. Pope, Holly. Rowe, Jonelle: How adolescent girls interpret weight-loss advertising. Health Education Research. 21(5):719-30, 2006 Oct. can be accessed through medline -

20. “Interactive Food & Beverage Marketing: Targeting Children and Youth in the Digital Age,” A report from Berkeley Media Studies Group. www.digitalads.org

21. Kaiser Family Foundation: Children, Health, and the Media: Report and Fact Sheet Series: www.kff.org/entmedia/entmediafactsheetseries.cfm

22. Media Education Foundation. www.mediaed.org; see in particular: "Substances as Stress Relievers: Deconstructing Advertisements."

23. “Media literacy: A health education perspective,” Yates, B.L., Journal of Health Education, 30 (3), 183-187, 1999. www.westga.edu/~byates/mediaand.htm

24. "A Media Literacy Nutrition Education Curriculum for Head Start Parents about the Effects of Television Advertising on Their Children's Food Requests," Hinden, Toby; Contento, Isobel; and Gussow, Joan Dye, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, February 2004. www.adajournal.org or can be accessed through medline

25. Hill, Andrew J.: Motivation for eating behaviour in adolescent girls: the body beautiful. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 65(4):376-84, 2006 Nov. can be accessed through medline-

26. NAMLE- National Association for Media Literacy Education http://namle.net review site and look at blog.

27. Northwest Center for Excellence in Media Literacy. Emphasis on teen health: http://depts.washington.edu/nwmedia/ BEING UPDATED> DO NOT CHOOSE

28. PBS Resources :- "Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart!" Teacher's Guide: http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/

29. “Merchants of Cool;” (53 minutes) describes the tactics behind marketing to the multi-billion dollar teen market; watch on line: www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/view/

30. “The Persuaders;” (90 minutes) dissects the marketing and advertising industry; watch on line: www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/view/

31. Project Literacy Among Youth http://projectliteracyamongyouth.blogspot.com/p/media-literacy.html

32. Scully, M. Association between commercial television exposure and fast-food consumption among adults. Public Health Nutrition 2009:12; 1 105-10-

33. Spettigue, Wendy. Henderson, Katherine A.. Eating Disorders and the role of media The Canadian Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Review. 13(1):16-9, 2004 Feb.