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ERIC Number: EJ680003
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
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Using Health Infomercials to Develop Media Literacy Skills.
Hill, Susan C.; Lindsay, Gordon B.
Journal of School Health, v73 n6 p239-41 Aug 2003
Describes an instructional activity to teach middle school through college students how to critically analyze health-related infomercial messages and content; identify techniques commonly used in infomercials to persuade customers to purchase products; identify how and why these techniques can be misleading and unreliable; and discuss benefits and drawbacks to health-related infomercials. The activity uses the inductive process to teach students the relevance of media literacy in their lives. (SM)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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