Healthy teens, healthy schools : how media literacy education can renew education in the United States / Vanessa Domine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Domine, Vanessa Elaine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health education--United States.

Health education.

Schools--Health promotion services--United States.

Schools.

Students--Health and hygiene--United States.

Students.

Media literacy--Study and teaching--United States.

Media literacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Healthy Teens, Healthy Schools: How Media Literacy Education can Renew Education in the United States</span><span> reframes health education as a complex terrain that resides within a larger ecosystem of historical, social, political, and global economic forces. It calls for a media literate pedagogy that empowers students to be critical consumers, creative producers, and responsible citizens.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Pursuit of Health Literacy; Healthy Teens through Healthy Schools; About This Book; Notes; Chapter One: A Nation at Risk; A Statistical Snapshot; The Conundrum of Obesity; Moving beyond the Data; Notes; Chapter Two: A Social History of Media and Health; The Moral Epoch of Print; Protecting Youth in a Broadcast Era; A Hyper-Focus on Media Effects; What Makes a Public Health Media Campaign Effective?; New Technologies, New Challenges; Notes; Chapter Three: Teen Health: Is There an App for That?; Health Communication 2.0

T2x: A Transmedia Approach to Teen HealthMedia Literacy: Asking Critical Questions; Morphing Analysis into Action; Notes; Chapter Four: The Politics of Adolescent Health; Let's Move to Pepsi; Under the Influence; Government Regulation; The Political Battlefield of the School Cafeteria; Moving Forward; Notes; Chapter Five: A Healthy Curriculum; A Standards-Based Approach; A Transdisciplinary Approach; A Whole School Model; Notes; Chapter Six: It Takes a Village; Mapping the Village; Beyond the Village; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-32293-1

1-4758-1356-2