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Reality check: how reality television can affect youth and how a media literacy curriculum can help.
- Author
- Peek, H. S., & Beresin, E.
- Year
- 2016
- Publisher
- Academic Psychiatry, 40(1), 177-181.
- DOI/Link
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- Abstract
- This paper examines the influence of reality television on children and adolescents, highlighting concerns about the blurred distinction between mediated content and reality and its potential impact on youth values. It argues that media literacy education can mitigate negative effects and proposes integrating media literacy training into psychiatry residency programs to support preventive mental health interventions.
- Keywords
- Television Literacy, Television Media Literacy, Critical Media literacy