Media Influences On Health

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How Do Movie Characters' Motives for Smoking Affect Adolescents?

Research has uncovered links between the motives movie characters convey for smoking on the silver screen and real-world smoking risk among middle school students.

Exploring the Relationship Between Media and Adolescent Health

Today's adolescents live in an unprecedented, media-rich environment. Technology has greatly increased the volume of available content, much of which can now fit in a pocket. RAND Health explores the growing role of media in determining adolescent health.

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The Super Bowl Halftime Show Should Not Be Promoting a Public Health Threat — Feb 1, 2013

People who consume just one or two sugar-sweetened drinks a day have a 26 percent greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes than people who rarely drink these beverages, write Kristin Van Busum and Lauren Hunter.

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Outdoor Advertising, Obesity, and Soda Consumption: A Cross-Sectional Study — Jan 1, 2013

There is a relationship between the percentage of outdoor food advertising and overweight/obesity.

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Exposure to Pro-Smoking Media in College Students: Does Type of Media Channel Differentially Contribute to Smoking Risk? — Jan 1, 2013

This study used ecological momentary assessment to examine whether differences in smoking risk were observed for exposures to different pro-smoking media channels.

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Assessment of Young People's Exposure to Alcohol Marketing in Audiovisual and Online Media — Sep 1, 2012

The overall aim of the work presented in this report was to use novel approaches to measure alcohol advertisement exposure among young people in Europe through audiovisual and online media.

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Motives for Smoking in Movies Affect Future Smoking Risk in Middle School Students: An Experimental Investigation — Jun 1, 2012

Exposure to movies that portray motivations for smoking places adolescents at particular risk for future smoking.

Report

A Matrix of New Media Use Measures and Brief Media Survey — Mar 19, 2012

The authors developed this matrix of measures to summarize the state of measurement in the arena of new media use and its potential relationship with adolescent sexual risk behavior and sexual health and set the stage for further research efforts.

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Research Gaps and Measurement Challenges for Studying the Influence of New Media on Adolescent Sexual Health — Jan 24, 2012

An expert panel was convened to develop a working knowledge base about the use of new media (the Internet, social networking sites, cell phones, online video games, MP3 players) among adolescents and the potential impact on their sexual health.

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Relationships Between Adolescent Sexual Outcomes and Exposure to Sex in Media: Robustness to Propensity-Based Analysis — Mar 1, 2011

A reanalysis of data from earlier studies continues to show associations between sex in the media and adolescent sexual outcomes. The evidence does not prove causality but suggests cautions for parents.

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Measuring Exposure to Protobacco Marketing and Media: A Field Study Using Ecological Momentary Assessment — Jan 1, 2011

College students were exposed to protobacco marketing through multiple channels in a relatively short period: Exposures occurred primarily in the afternoon (42%), on weekends (35%), and at point-of-purchase locations (68%) or in movies/TV (20%), and exposures to Marlboro, Newport, and Camel represented 56% of all exposures combined and 70% of branded exposure.

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Association Between Adolescent Viewership and Alcohol Advertising on Cable Television — Mar 1, 2010

This study found that cable TV ad placements on for beer, spirits, and alcopops increased as adolescent viewership rose from 0% to 30%, especially for female viewers.

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Perceived Seriousness of Seasonal and A(H1N1) Influenzas, Attitudes Toward Vaccination, and Vaccine Uptake Among U.S. Adults: Does the Source of Information Matter? — Jan 1, 2010

Information campaigns made more adults concerned about a pandemic, but didn't reassure them sufficiently about H1N1 vaccine safety and effectiveness that they got the vaccine.

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Condom Use and High-Risk Sexual Acts in Adult Films: A Comparison of Heterosexual and Homosexual Films — Jan 1, 2009

The authors compared the prevalence of condom use during a variety of sexual acts portrayed in adult films produced for heterosexual and homosexual audiences to assess compliance with state Occupational Health and Safety Administration regulations.

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Media Multitasking: Issues Posed in Measuring the Effects of Televison Sexual Content Exposure — Jan 1, 2008

Adolescents who see more sexual content on television are more likely to initiate intercourse over the subsequent year.

Journal Article

Linking Media Content to Media Effects: The RAND Television and Adolescent Sexuality Study — Jan 1, 2008

This book chapter explores approaches to examining connections between media content and behavior, using a RAND study of media effects on adolescent teen sexual behavior as an example.

Journal Article

Sex on Television and Its Impact on American Youth: Background and Results from the RAND Television and Adolescent Sexuality Study — Jan 1, 2005

Discusses the results of several new studies based on the RAND Television and Adolescent Sexuality data set.

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Rebecca L. Collins

Senior Behavioral Scientist; Director, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program, RAND Health; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in social psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

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Phyllis L. Ellickson

Senior Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. in political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.A., Mount Holyoke College

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Steven Martino

Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. in psychology, University of Minnesota; B.A. in psychology, Boston College

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