A media literacy program for high school females

摘要: Abstract Teaching girls and women to become more active, critical consumers of appearance-related media may help prevent the internalization societal beauty standards, development body dissatisfaction and, ultimately, disturbed eating practices (Berel&Irving, in press). In present study, 24 female high school sophomores participated a peer-administered literacy program completed posttest assess thinking about satisfaction. Participants watched discussed an excerpt from Jean Kilbourne's film “Slim Hopes: Advertising Obsession with Thinness,” after which they were taught skills for challenging internally, by questioning derogatory self-thoughts response media, externally, asking questions engaging activism. Compared 17 who did not take part program, students