How many hours do you watch TV a day?On weekends?

Media Messages

•How do TV stations make money?•How much do TV shows cost to make?•Why is it free for us to watch?

Media Messages•How do TV stations make money? Charging for companies to put commercials during their shows.•How much do TV shows cost to make? Example - Neil Patrick Harris and the four other main cast mates will now be earning $90,000-$120,000 per episode.•Why is it free for us to watch? Super Bowl ads are $170,000 / second or $3 ½ million for 30 seconds.

The Vampire Diaries

Pretty Little Liars

BG Club

Media Messages Review 1

1. Why do you think that the more sex on TV / movies a child watches, the higher the chance of being involved in a pregnancy?

2. What is role confusion?3. How many acts of violence are

seen on average per hour?4. How do TV stations make their

money?

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Lesson Notes

Social Modeling: has been one of the expected tasks of parenting throughout time.Adult Availability has decreased•Due to work•Divorce•Distance from extended family.

Two concerns:1.Fewer children are growing up in a stable 2 parent home.2.More children are using electronic devices which take away time from human interaction.

Lesson NotesA link has been established between the popular media messages regarding body image and the incidence of unhappiness in both adolescent males and females when they do not meet that image.