Below are some useful resources that contain information, current facts and statistics on ATOD prevention, violence prevention, and media literacy.
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The Center for Media Literacy (CML) is a nonprofit educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and educational resources nationally. CML is dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education primarily targeting young citizens. CML provides a newsletter which contains resources, news and ideas for media education. CML offers a MediaLit Kit™ which provides a starting point for introducing media literacy in classrooms, as well as, an online reference center for research studies, background articles, timely reports and a historical archive about the development of media literacy.
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The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America's youth.
Public health strategies are required to limit the appeal of alcohol to underage persons in an effort to reduce high rates of underage alcohol consumption, alcohol-related injuries and deaths among youth populations. This Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth provides advertisements to stimulate discussion, comment, criticism, and public concern about alcohol marketing and youth. In addition, numerous research reports, fact sheets and press releases are available.
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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a leader in the fight to reduce tobacco use and its devastating consequences in the United States and around the world.
In order to change public attitudes and public policies on tobacco, they strive to prevent kids from smoking, help smokers quit and protect everyone from secondhand smoke. The Campaign works to educate the public and policy makers about the tobacco problem, expose and counter tobacco industry strategies to target youth, advocate for proven solutions to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, and empower a tobacco-free generation by promoting youth leadership and activism. The Campaign strives to prevent kids from smoking, help smokers quit and protect everyone from secondhand smoke.
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The Media Awareness Network (MNet) supports and encourages media education. The aim of MNet is to help people, mainly children and youth, develop an informed and critical understanding of the nature of the media, the techniques used in creating media products, and the media's role and influence within society. MNet focuses its efforts on equipping adults with information and tools educate young people on how the media works, how the media may affect their lifestyle choices, and the extent to which they are being well informed. MNet also provides reference materials for use by adults and youth to examine media issues from a variety of perspectives. Also, MNet provides practical tips to help parents manage media within the home, resources for parents to learn how to talk to your kids about media, ways to gain control of the home entertainment playground, and ideas speak out as a consumer.
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The National Institute on Media and the Family is the world's leading and most respected research-based organization on the positive and harmful effects of the media on children and youth. Their vision is to build healthy families and communities through the wise use of media. Their mission is to maximize the benefits and minimize the harm of media on children through research, education and advocacy. The National Institute on Media and the Family is committed to partnering with parents, organizations, and corporations in using the free market to create healthier media choices for families to strive for healthier less violent communities. Endless resources provided include facts, tips, activities and quizzes. Topics are presented with related articles, columns and actions to support a change toward a more positive media environment.
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The mission of MediaLiteracy.com is to increase awareness of the need for media literacy and of the many resources available for teaching it. MediaLiteracy.com specializes in links organized in new and useful ways (such as free printer-friendly downloads and media literacy statistics organized by topic area), and provide features you can't find anywhere else, such as quotes and speakers, consultants and educators through the Media Literacy Speakers Bureau.
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The Alliance for Media Literate America (AMLA) stimulates growth in media literacy education in the United States by organizing and providing national leadership, advocacy, networking, and information exchange. Their goal is to help all people AMLA is dedicated to a cross-disciplinary approach to media literacy, with a focus on critical inquiry, learning and skill-building. AMLA provides the leadership, the imagination to expand and promote the practice of media literacy as education for the 21st century.
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