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A Statewide Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Media Literacy Training to Prevent Tobacco Use Among Adolescents

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Pages 23-34 | Published online: 05 Dec 2007

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Erica Weintraub Austin, Adrienne Muldrow & Bruce W. Austin. (2016) Examining How Media Literacy and Personality Factors Predict Skepticism Toward Alcohol Advertising. Journal of Health Communication 21:5, pages 600-609.
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Erica Weintraub Austin, Bruce E. Pinkleton, Yi-Chun (Yvonnes) Chen & Bruce W. Austin. (2015) Processing of Sexual Media Messages Improves Due to Media Literacy Effects on Perceived Message Desirability. Mass Communication and Society 18:4, pages 399-421.
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Yi-Chun (Yvonnes) Chen. (2013) The Effectiveness of Different Approaches to Media Literacy in Modifying Adolescents' Responses to Alcohol. Journal of Health Communication 18:6, pages 723-739.
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BruceE. Pinkleton, Erica Weintraub Austin, Yi-Chun “Yvonnes” Chen & Marilyn Cohen. (2012) The Role of Media Literacy in Shaping Adolescents' Understanding of and Responses to Sexual Portrayals in Mass Media. Journal of Health Communication 17:4, pages 460-476.
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Jennifer L. Harris & John A. Bargh. (2009) Television Viewing and Unhealthy Diet: Implications for Children and Media Interventions. Health Communication 24:7, pages 660-673.
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