Media Literacy News Post

Innovation Research & Training Receives Funding From NICHD to Help Parents Have “The Talk” With Their Young Teens

IRT Inc2023-01-11T19:19:13+00:00

Dr. Tracy Scull at Innovation Research & Training (IRT) was recently awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will fund the continued development of an interactive program for parents called Media Aware Parent. The goal...

Innovation Research & Training Receives Funding From NICHD to Help Parents Have “The Talk” With Their Young TeensIRT Inc2023-01-11T19:19:13+00:00

Innovation Research & Training Awarded Grant To Develop A Web-Based Program to Promote Sexual Health in Teens

IRT Inc2023-02-07T19:41:43+00:00

innovation Research & Training (iRT), a behavioral sciences research company, today announced its receipt of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). iRT researchers will use the grant to develop the Media Aware program, a web-based course for high school students designed to...

Innovation Research & Training Awarded Grant To Develop A Web-Based Program to Promote Sexual Health in TeensIRT Inc2023-02-07T19:41:43+00:00

iRT Scientists to Present Research Findings, Prevention Programs at National Prevention Conference

IRT Inc2020-12-29T18:10:01+00:00

Durham, NC (September 12, 2014)—Scientists from innovation Research & Training (iRT) will be among researchers and practitioners presenting at the upcoming National Prevention Network annual research conference September 15-18 in Hartford, CT. Durham, NC (September 12, 2014)—Scientists from innovation Research & Training (IRT) will be among researchers and practitioners presenting at the...

iRT Scientists to Present Research Findings, Prevention Programs at National Prevention ConferenceIRT Inc2020-12-29T18:10:01+00:00

iRT’s Media Literacy Research Makes Top 10 List of Education Journal’s Most Popular Pages

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:42:08+00:00

Durham, NC (September 10, 2014)—A research article written by scientists at innovation Research & Training (iRT) has been listed by The Journal of Media Literacy Education as one of the top 10 most popular pages viewed in its June issue. The Journal of Media Literacy Education is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal that supports the development of research...

iRT’s Media Literacy Research Makes Top 10 List of Education Journal’s Most Popular PagesIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:42:08+00:00

Study Finds Media Literacy Education Effective for Teaching Adolescent Sexual Health

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:40:33+00:00

Durham, NC, June 12, 2014—Teaching middle-school students about sexual health using a media literacy education approach has been shown to increase adolescents’ intentions to make healthy decisions regarding their future sexual behavior. Durham, NC, June 12, 2014—Teaching middle-school students about sexual health using a media literacy education approach has been shown to...

Study Finds Media Literacy Education Effective for Teaching Adolescent Sexual HealthIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:40:33+00:00

Family Media Project Seeks Elementary School Families for Program Evaluation

IRT Inc2023-06-20T13:35:45+00:00

Durham, NC, May 22, 2014—Researchers at innovation Research & Training (iRT) are seeking families with third, fourth, and fifth grade students to take part in a study looking at media, alcohol, and tobacco. Durham, NC, May 22, 2014—Researchers at innovation Research & Training (iRT) are seeking families with third, fourth, and fifth grade students to take part in a study looking at media, alcohol...

Family Media Project Seeks Elementary School Families for Program EvaluationIRT Inc2023-06-20T13:35:45+00:00

iRT President Presents at the Sapienza University of Rome

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:35:04+00:00

Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, president of innovation Research & Training (iRT), presented to the faculty and graduate students in the Department of Psychology at the Sapienza University of Rome on Thursday, April 3, 2014. Her presentation titled, “Media Literacy Education for Substance Abuse Prevention: Results of Three Efficacy Trials,” included an overview of using school-based media literacy...

iRT President Presents at the Sapienza University of RomeIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:35:04+00:00

iRT’s JMLE Paper on Media Aware—Sexual Health Published

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:34:02+00:00

In a paper published in the Journal of Media Literacy Education, innovation Research & Training (iRT) scientists Drs. Tracy Scull, Christina Malik, and Janis Kupersmidt report that a comprehensive, media literacy education program for influencing adolescents’ sexual health and media literacy outcomes has the potential for positively influencing sexual health decisions. The paper, "A Media Literacy...

iRT’s JMLE Paper on Media Aware—Sexual Health PublishedIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:34:02+00:00

4-H Substance Abuse Prevention Program Partners with Clinton City Schools Blazing Stars Program

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:31:18+00:00

The Sampson Weekly Week of January 17-23, 2014 Sampson County's 4-H Substance Abuse Prevention program along with Clinton City Schools Blazing Stars program have completed their first after-school education program, "Media Detectives." Sampson County's 4-H provides a 45-60 minute lesson on substance abuse prevention to 45 Butler Avenue School and Sunset Avenue School students. The Sampson...

4-H Substance Abuse Prevention Program Partners with Clinton City Schools Blazing Stars ProgramIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:31:18+00:00

Breaking down barriers

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:30:31+00:00

by Amanda Moss Richmond County Daily Journal HAMLET — Families joined their students at Fairview Heights Elementary School to work together and find the hidden meanings beneath the advertisements they see on a daily basis. The program is called Media Detective and it is a media literacy education program for students in grades three through five. The goal of the program is to prevent...

Breaking down barriersIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:30:31+00:00