-African American youth are more likely than white youth to be attracted to TV and have a TV and another form of media resource in their bedrooms (KFF, 2005)
-74% of Black families have the TV on during family meals, 15% of white families have the TV on during family meals (KFF, 2005)
-Responsible and positive male role models exist but are not emphasized in the media (Boles, 2007)
-Media Literacy develops critical thinkers and critical viewers (Thoman, 2003)
-Arts Ed w/ Multi-Media Technology engages youth to participate in rigorous curricula and also instills peer encouragement, perseverance, self-discipline and focus (Camerilie & Jackson, 2004)
-The skill of media analysis has also been found to increase reading comprehension (Hobbs & Frost)
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Posted By: Shani Byard
Thursday, October 9th 2008 at 12:13AM
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