Exploring the Borderlands between Media and Health: Conceptualizing ‘Critical Media Health Literacy’

In Canada, as elsewhere, there is considerable concern about adolescents’ health. Much of the blame is thought to lie in the social context for today’s adolescents and their interaction with and dependence on various media. Yet, it is not clear whether and how adolescents learn to engage critically with media messages about health. Emerging from the authors’ previous work in conceptualizing and measuring adolescent health literacy, this article presents the results of a conceptual analysis process using the terms health literacy, critical health literacy, media literacy, critical media literacy, media activism, and critical viewing among others—to arrive at the unique construct of critical media health literacy (CMHL)

Puppets on a String? How Young Adolescents Explore Gender and Health in Advertising

This article presents qualitative research on young adolescents’ abilities in communicating and evaluating health messages in advertising especially how they understand and create gendered identities. A group of grade 6-8 students learned about media techniques and movie making. In groups divided by gender, they created iMovie advertisements for health activities in their school. They represented themselves in these advertisements by creating stick puppets. Observations during lessons, examination of movies and puppets, and interviews with students and their teacher revealed that young adolescents were neither completely manipulated by media nor were they completely in charge of their responses to media’s messages about gender. Offering students an opportunity to de-brief media experiences also helped them to develop critical media health literacy

The Ursinus Weekly, May 11, 1953

Ed Abramson elected prexy by thespians • Spirit Committee to hold election • Ursinus debaters triumph over LaSalle team, on FEPC • J. Alfred Kaye to speak at commencement, June 1 • Clubs elect 1953-54 heads • Cast receives high praise for Two blind mice production • New Y cabinet installed Sunday; Dance planned • Day Study elections decide new officers • Ruth Reed is May queen; Crowned under sunny sky • Seniors win study awards • Quartets present program, Tuesday • MSGA elections to be held Tuesday • Career offer for grads • Freshmen women elect soph rulers; Nesta Lewis to head committee • Editorials: But who shall decide? • Letters to the editor • Time machine • Mr. all-college visits U.C. and finds a way of life • To all happy drivers: We struggle for survival • Rittenhouse places in intercollegiates • Taylor hurls one-hitter; Belles defeat Beaver, 3-2 • PMC tops tracksters; Bears win 880, discus • Tennis team wins; Tops Albright, 5-4 • Baseball team wins, 5-4; Burger, Anderson star • Swarthmore wins meet 76-50; Swett, Eshbach win again • Sororities close year with dinner dances, shore tripshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1520/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, April 20, 1953

Wilcox, Hirst, Rice speak on prof\u27s panel • Fotine to play Friday night • Miller shows pictures, speaks to IRC group • Laughton to read at Norristown, Sat. • Ursinus to be host to first Future Teacher\u27s convention • Informal initiations held • Student elections tomorrow, April 21; Petitioning begins for class officers • High class stuff acclaimed success • Ursinus Women\u27s Club entertains senior women • Meistersingers present Music for you, Thursday • Morrell, Frey, Hering, Field Ursinus bridge champions • Library gets map • Band will elect officers tomorrow • Editorials: Now is the time • Henrie, Long, Kutzer, Pollock elected to Chi Alpha offices • Letters to the editor • For smokers only • Swett wins in weights as track team loses • Ursinus, Neborak topple E\u27town • Harris stars as Bears, Carter rout Delaware • Girls beat Penn in tennis openerhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1517/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 4, 1953

MSGA discusses plagiarism case; Decision rejected • Primary Wed. for M.S.G.A. class officers • Y presidents name cabinet • Sororities elect officers for coming year, 1953-54 • Nominees announced for Curtain Club elections, May 6 • Chem society plans banquet; Officers to be announced • New head waiters chosen • Ursinus-Albright exchange program hears students • Armstrong, Walker are chosen Ruby editors • Pageant, play highlight May Day weekend plans • New MSGA members to be installed, Monday • Retreat combines fun and worship • Doctors speak to pre-meders • Alumni address economics, political science classes • Editorials: Art at last! • Has book-burning begun? • Medical schools report on grads • An open letter praises life in a co-ed college • Belles defeat Rosemont, 4-1 • Experience aids Jayvee tennis • Jayvee court team wins, 4-1 • Trackmen drop trio meet; Lehigh routs Bears, 91-34 • Moravian tops tennis team • Softball team wins over Albright, 35-6 • Ball team wins, 18-4, 4-3; Loses 2-1 to Moravian • Women\u27s Club to sponsor tour of historic county homes • Meistersingers close seasonhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1519/thumbnail.jp