Media World

Prevention Program

Media Literacy Education

AUDIENCE: High school students
METHOD: In-person, instructor-led curriculum
LENGTH: 12 lessons
DESCRIPTION: 50 minutes/lesson

Teach high school students critical thinking skills about media messages to prevent use of alcohol, tobacco, vaping, smokeless tobacco, marijuana, steroids, and misuse of prescription medications.

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RELATED PRESENTATIONS

Kupersmidt, J. B. (2019, August). Media World: Media literacy, substance abuse prevention program for high school students. Workshop presented at the National Prevention Network, Chicago, IL.

Kupersmidt, J.B. & Scull, T.M. (2014, April). An evaluation of Media Aware, a media literacy education substance abuse prevention program for high school students. Poster presented at The School District of Philadelphia’s Research, Policy, and Practice (R2P) Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Kupersmidt, J. B. & Scull, T. M. (2013, May). An evaluation of the effectiveness of media literacy education for substance abuse prevention in high school students. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA