Benefits and costs of Channel One in a middle school setting and the role of media-literacy training

Pediatrics
E W AustinJessie Quintero Johnson

Abstract

Channel One is a public-affairs program that includes 10 minutes of news and 2 minutes of paid product advertising or public service announcements. Advocates assert that it increases public-affairs knowledge, but critics charge that it garners a captive audience for teen-targeted advertising. This experiment analyzed the differential effects of Channel One depending on whether early-adolescent viewers received a media-literacy lesson in conjunction with viewing the program. Outcomes included perceptions of Channel One news programming, recall of program content and advertising, materialism, and political efficacy. Researchers used a posttest-only field experiment (N = 240) of seventh- and eighth-grade students using random assignment to conditions. Conditions included a control group, a group that received a fact-based lesson, and a group that received the same lesson content using a more emotive teaching style. It was expected that the emotion-added lesson condition would be more effective than the logic-only lesson condition because of its motivational component. On average, students remembered more ads from Channel One than news stories. Participants in the control group remembered fewer news stories than did the groups that...Continue Reading

References

May 23, 2001·Pediatrics·C Johnston

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jun 11, 2008·Psychology of Addictive Behaviors : Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors·Thomas A WillsMeg Gerrard
Mar 18, 2009·Psychology of Addictive Behaviors : Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors·Thomas A WillsMike Stoolmiller
Sep 15, 2010·Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association·Thomas A WillsSonya Dal Cin
Jan 30, 2013·Pediatrics·Jerry L GrenardAlan W Stacy
Nov 28, 2006·Journal of the American Dietetic Association·Claudia ProbartJ Elaine Weirich
Jun 28, 2012·The Journal of Communication·Se-Hoon JeongYoori Hwang
Sep 20, 2006·The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine·Jane D Brown
Feb 4, 2010·The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine·Iman SharifJames D Sargent
Jan 10, 2019·Journal of Sex Research·Kate DawsonPádraig MacNeela
Jan 18, 2018·Journal of Health Communication·Erica Weintraub AustinMarilyn A Cohen
Jul 23, 2021·Journal of Health Communication·Danielle Ka Lai Lee, Onur Ramazan

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.