What can you do to Learn more about Media Influences?

• Teen Power & Control Wheel
• If You're Living in a Violent Home: A Guide for Teens
• Take 25
• Take 25 Pass Out
• Parent Aptitude Test
• The More You Know
• New Study on Teen Communication Preferences
• Speakers Available

CHECK OUT THESE ON-LINE RESOURCES:

• Speakers Available
• Teen Handout
• Center for Successful Parenting
• Parents: The Anti-drug
• Parents Action for Children
• Media-smart Youth
• Project Alert
• Media Literacy Online Project
• Understand Media
• Advertising Age
• PBS In The Mix
• Arthur’s Guide to Media Literacy
• Renee Hobbs, Media Education Lab
• My Pop Studio
• All Made Up
• Movie Reports
• The More You Know
• ABOUT FACE: Promotes positive self-esteem in girls and women through a spirited approach to media education, outreach and activism.
• GIRLS, WOMEN AND MEDIA PROJECT: Promotes awareness of how pop culture and media affect women
• VOICE: Indiana’s youth tobacco movement that promotes an understanding of the tobacco industry or visit www.whitelies.org
• JEAN KILBOURNE SITE: Explores images of women in advertising
• MEDIASCOPE: Raises awareness about media and society
• THE MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: A nonprofit producer and distributor of videos that challenge mainstream media.
• MEDIAWATCH: Challenges racism, sexism, and violence in the media through education and action
• MIND ON THE MEDIA: Inspires independent thinking and fosters critical analysis of media
• CHRISTOPHER LLOYD: This website serves students, their parents, and other educators interested in media literacy and media education.
• BODY POSITIVE
• POLITICAL AD ACCURACY
• ADBUSTERS
• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: ‘A Minute for Kids’ and ‘Media Matters’
• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES
• AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: ‘Violence on TV: What do children learn? What can parents do?
• NATIONAL YOUTH ANTI-DRUG MEDIA CAMPAIGN
• BRUTALITY ISN’T CHILD’S PLAY: Advocates reducing the marketing and sale of violent toys and programming, especially those that offer degrading images of women.
• NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MEDIA AND THE FAMILY: Helps families and educators maximize the benefits and minimize the harm of mass media on children through research, education, and advocacy.
• JACKSON KATZ WEBSITE: Focuses on media influence on men & boys – Tough Guise, Spin the Bottle, Wresting with Manhood, Eminem, etc.
• DADS & DAUGHTERS: Fights inappropriate sexual imaging of ads (i.e. Abercrombie & Fitch)
• FREE VIBE: Substance abuse issues
• EMPOWER GIRLS
• JUST THINK
• Gender Ads   A resource for analyzing the advertising images that relate to gender
• Center for Media Literacy 
• Campaign for Commercial-free Childhood
• Media Channel 
• Sticker Sisters
• Action for Media Education (formerly known as the Foundation for Family Television) 
• The Center for a New American Dream: Kids and Commercialism (help Americans change the way they consume to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice)    
• Children Now: Children and the Media (works to improve the quality of news and entertainment media for children) 
• Consumers Union:  Selling America’s Kids (Consumer Reports monitors television advertising)  
• The Media Awareness Network   
• Media Literacy Clearinghouse (Developed for educators who want to learn more about media literacy and integration into the classroom)   
• Project Sharp:12 Basic Principles for Incorporating Media Literacy Into Any Curriculum
• Campaign for Real Beauty  (Sponsored by Dove, Unilever)
• Love Your Body
• Know More Teens  (discusses music lyrics, etc.) 
• PTA 
• Children’s Software  
• Gamer Dad  
• What They Play  
• NetSmartz  
• On Guard Online  
• Web Wise Kids  
• Wired Safety  
• I Keep Safe  
• National Network to End Domestic Violence
• Common Sense Media  
• Net Literacy   
• Indiana Respect  
• Teens Think What?