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The latest Australian and international research on the effects
of media on children:
A list of Researchers who focus on children and the media
For a full listing of references and websites see Reading & Research

Media effects - general
- Courage, ML; et al (2010) When the televsion is on: The impact of infant-directed video on 6- and 18-month-olds’ attention during toy play and on parent-infant interaction.Infant Behavior and Development, Vol. 33, No. 2, Pp176-188
- Martikainen, T (2010) Locators in cyberspace: Adolescents and religion in a modern media society. TEMENOS, Vol. 45, No. 1, Pp131-133
- Meizi, He; et al (2010) Screen-related sedentary behaviors: Children’s and parents’ attitudes, motivations, and practices. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Vol. 42, No. 1, Pp17-25
Ni Mhurchu, Cliona; et al (2009) Effect of electronic time monitors on children’s television watching: Pilot trial of a home-based intervention. Preventive, Vol. 49, No. 5, Pp413-417
- Santo, R; et al (2010) Meeting of minds: Cross-generational dialogue on the ethics of digital life. www.commonsensemedia.org
- Tickle, JJ; et al (2009) Tobacco, alcohol, and other risk behaviors in film: How well do MPAA ratings distinguish content? Journal of Health Communications, Vol. 14, No. 8, Pp300-306
- Sharif, I; et al (2010) Effect of visual media use on school performance: A prospective study. Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 46, No. 1, Pp52-61
- Barr, R; et al (2010) Infant and early childhood exposure to adult-directed and child-directed television programming. Developmental Psychology, Vol. 56, No. 1, Pp21-48
- Foster, EM & Watkins, S (2010) The value of reanalysis: TV viewing and attention problems.
Child Development, Vol. 81, No. 1, Pp368-375
- Granich, J; et al (2010) Understanding children’s sedentary behavior: A qualitative study of the family home environment. Health Education Research, Vol. 25, No. 2, Pp199-210
- Mar, RA; Tackett, JL; Moore, C (2010) Exposure to media and theory-of-mind development in preschoolers. Cognitive Development, Vol. 25, No. 1, Pp69-78
- Shunyue, Cheng; et al (2010) Early television exposure and children’s behavioral and social outcomes at age 30 months. Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 20, Supp. 2, PpS482-S489
- Rideout, V; et al (2010) GenerationM2: Media in the lives of 8-18-year-olds.
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- Patchin, JW & Hinduja, S (2010) Trends in online social networking: adolescent use of MySpace over time. New Media & Society, Vol. 12, No. 2, Pp197-216
- Buhler-Niederberger, D (2010) Moral panics over contemporary children and youth.International Sociology, Vol. 25, No. 2, Pp240-242
- Fidler, AE; Zack, E; Barr, R (2010) Television viewing patterns in 6-18-month-olds: The role of caregiver-infant interactional quality. Infancy, Vol. 15, No. 2, Pp176-196
- Brown, JE; et al (2010) Do working mothers raise couch potato kids? Maternal employment and children’s lifestyle behaviours and weight in early childhood. Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 79, No. 11, Pp1816-1824
- Courage, ML & Howe, ML (2010) To watch or not to watch: Infants and toddlers in a brave new electronic world. Developmental Review, Vol. 30, No. 2, Pp101-115
- Courage, ML & Setliff, AE (2010) When babies watch television: Attention-getting, attention-holding, and the implications for learning from video material. Developmental Review, Vol. 30, No. 2, Pp220-238
- Courage, ML; et al (2010) When the television is on: The impact of infant-directed video on 6-and18-month-olds’ attention during toy play and on parent-infant interaction. Infant Behavior & Development, Vol. 33, No. 2, Pp176-188
- Cullen, Kairen (2010) Children, psychology and the reality of TV. Psychologist, Vol. 23, No. 7, Pp552-552
- Inyang, I; et al (2010) Predictors of mobile telephone use and exposure analysis in Australian adolescents. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Vol. 46, No. 5, Pp226-233
- Munasib, Abdul (2010) Is the ‘Idiot’s Box’ raising idiocy? Early and middle childhood television watching and child cognitive outcomes. Economics of Education Review, Volume 29, Issue 5, October 2010, Pages 873-883
- Newman, MZ (2010) New media, young audiences and discourses of attention: from Sesame Street to ‘snack culture’. Media Culture & Society, Vol. 32, No. 4, Pp581
- Ray, M & Jat, KR (2010) Effect of electronic media on children. Indian Pediatrics, Vol. 47, No. 7, Pp561-568
- Schlote, E & Otremba, K (2010) Cultural diversity in children’s television. Televizion, 23/2010/E, Pp4-8
- Vassilikos, M; et al (2010) Youth are moving to mobile devices for their communication needs: R you here? www.naafoundation.org

Violence
- Ferguson, CJ & Kilburn, J (2010) Violence in media: Research reply. Journal of Pediatrics,Vol. 156, No. 1, Pp169-170
- Kupchik, A & Bracy, NL (2010) The news media on school crime and violence constructing dangerousness and fuelling fear. Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice, Vol. 7, No. 2, Pp136-155
- Manganello, JA; Taylor, CA (2009) Television exposure as a risk factor for aggressive behavior among 3-year-old children. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol. 163, No. 11, Pp1037-1045
- Reynolds, BM & Repetti, RL (2010) Teenage girls’ perceptions of the functions of relationally aggressive behaviors. Psychology in the Schools, Vol. 47, No. 3, Pp282-296
- Baldwin, MW; et al (2010) Computer game associating self-concept to images of acceptance can reduce adolescents’ aggressiveness in response to social rejection. Cognition & Emotion, Vol. 24, No. 5, Pp855-862
- Begue, L & Terestchenko, M (2010) Does television favor violent behavior? from Natural Born Killers to The Extreme Zone. Esprit, No. 5, Pp44-64
- Coyne, SM; et al (2010) Does reality backbite? Physical, verbal, and relational aggression in reality television programs. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Vol. 54, No. 2, Pp282-298
- Ferguson, CJ & Rueda, SM (2010) The Hitman Study: Violent video game exposure effects on aggressive behavior, hostile feelings, and depression. European Psychologist, Vol. 15, No. 2, Pp99-108
- Mishna, F; et al (2010) Cyber bullying behaviors among middle and high school students. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 80, No. 3, Pp362-374
- Strenziok, M; et al (2010) Lower lateral orbitofrontal cortex density associated with more frequent exposure to television and movie violence in male adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 46, No. 6, Pp607-609
Advertising
- Graydon, Shari (2010) Marketing pimps: A call to end media exploitation. Herizons, Winter 2010, Pp21-23
- Andronikidis, AI; Lambrianidou, M (2010) Children’s understanding of television advertising: A grounded theory approach. Psychology & Marketing, Vol. 27, No. 4, Pp299-322
- Brookes, F & Kelly, P (2010) Dolly girls: Tweenies as artifacts of consumption.
Journal of Youth Studies, Vol. 12, No. 6, Pp599-613
- Jones, SC & Reid, A (2010) Children’s magazines: Reading resources or food marketing tools? Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, No. 3, Pp393-399
- Schwartz, MB; et al (2010) Breakfast cereal industry pledges to self-regulate advertising to youth: will they improve the marketing landscape? Journal of Public Health Policy, Vol. 31, No. 1, Pp59-73
- Dept for Children, Schools & Families, UK (2010) The impact of the commercial world on children’s wellbeing. http://www.dcsf.gov.uk
- Nelson, JP (2010) What is learned from longitudinal studies of advertising and youth drinking and smoking? A critical assessment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 7, No. 3, Pp870-926

Food Advertising
- Bakir, A & Vitell, SJ (2010) The ethics of food advertising targeted toward children: Parental viewpoint.Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 91, No. 2, Pp299-311
- Sutherland, LA; et al (2010) Prevalence of food and beverage brands in movies: 1996-2005.Pediatrics, Vol. 125, No. 3, Pp468-474
- Goren, A; et al (2010) Predicting support for restricting food marketing to youth.
Health Affairs, Vol. 29, No. 3, Pp419-424
- Chester, J; et al (2010) Alcohol marketing in the digital age. www.digitalads.org Pp32
- Culp, J; et al (2010) Characteristics of food industry Web sites and “advergames” targeting children.Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Vol. 42, No. 3, Pp197-201
- Goris, JM; et al (2010) Television food advertising and the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity: a multicountry comparison. Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, No. 7, Pp1003-1012
- Mehta, Kaye, Assoc Ed (2010) Statutory restrictions on unhealthy food marketing to children: the debate continues. Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, No. 7, Pp1001-1002
- Roberto, CA; et al (2010) Influence of licensed characters on children’s taste and snack preferences.Pediatrics, Vol. 126, No. 1, Pp88-93

Physical Effects
- Anderson, SE; Whitaker, RC (2010) Household routines and obesity in US preschool-aged children. Pediatrics, doi:10.1542/peds.2009-0417
- He, MZ; et al (2010) Screen-related sedentary behaviors: Children’s and parents’ atititudes, motivations, and practices. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Vol. 42, No. 1, Pp17-25
- Henson, C; et al (2010) Room for improvement: mixed portrayal of young people with mental illness on Australian television news. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Epub ahead of print
- Hoffner, C (2010) Affective responses and exposure to frightening films: The role of empathy and different types of content. Communication Research Reports, Vol. 26, No. 4, Pp285-296
- Markey, CN & Markey, PM (2010) A correlational and experimental examination of reality television viewing and interest in cosmetic surgery. Body Image, Vol. 7, No. 2, Pp165-171
- Primack, BA; et al (2010) Exposure to cannabis in popular music and cannabis use among adolescents. Addiction, Vol. 105, No. 3, Pp515-523
- Russ, SA; et al (2009) Associations between media use and health in US children. Academic Pediatrics, Vol. 9, No. 5, Pp300-306
- Tongren, JE; et al (2010) Injury-prevention practices as depicted in G- and PG-rated movies, 2003-2007. Pediatrics, Vol. 125, No. 2, Pp295-303
- Escobar-Chaves, SL; et al (2010) The fun families study: Intervention to reduce children’s TV viewing. Obesity, Vol. 18, Suppl. 1, PpS99-S101
- Freisling, H; et al (2010) Mass media nutrition information sources and associations with fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents. Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, No. 2, Pp269-275
- Harris, JL & Bargh, JA (2010) Television viewing and unhealthy diet: Implications for children and media interventions. Health Communication, Vol. 24, No. 7, Pp660-673
- Zimmerman, FJ & Bell, JF (2010) Associations of television content type and obesity in children. American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 100, No. 2, Pp334-340
- Berntsen, S; et al (2010) Obese children playing towards an active lifestyle. Int Journal of Pediatric Obesity, Vol. 37, No. 2, Pp256-274
- Milde-Busch, A; et al (2010) The association between use of electronic media and prevalence of headache in adolescents: results from a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Neurology, Vol. 10, AR 12
- Lo, WS; et al (2010) Adolescents’ physical activity: Competition between perceived neighborhood sport facilities and home media resources. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, Vol. 5, No. 2, Pp169-176
- Frieden, TR; et al (2010) Reducing childhood obesity through policy change: Acting now to prevent obesity. Health Affairs, Vol. 29, No. 3, Pp357-363
- Custers, K & Van den Buick, J (2010) Television viewing, computer game play and book reading during meals are predictors of meal skipping in a cross-sectional sample of 12-14 and 16-year-olds. Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, No. 4, Pp537-543
- Strasburger, V, Jordan, A, Donnerstein E (2010) Health effects of media on children and adolescents. Pediatrics, Vol. 125, No. 4, Pp756-767
- Anderson, SJ; et al (2010) Exposure to smoking in movies among British adolescents 2001-2006.
Tobacco Control, Vol. 19, No. 3, Pp197-200
- Carlson, SA; et al (2010) Influence of limit-setting and participation in physical activity on youth screen time. Pediatrics, Vol. 126, No. 1, Pp e89-e96
- Dowda, M; et al (2010) Physical activity and sedentary pursuits of children living in residential children’s homes Journal of Physical Activity & Health, Vol. 6, No. 2, Pp195-202
- Hohepa, M; et al (2010) Associations between after-school physical activity, television use, and parental strategies in a sample of New Zealand adolescents. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, Vol. 6, No. 3, Pp299-305
- Lobelo, F; et al (2010) Electronic media exposure and its asssociation with activity-related outcomes in female adolescents: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, Vol. 6, No. 2, Pp137-143
- Martinez-Gomez, D; et al (2010) Excessive TV viewing and cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents. Public Health, Vol. 10, Ar. 274, 25 May
- Melkevik, O; et al (2010) Is spending time in screen-based sedentary behaviors associated with less physical activity: a cross national investigation International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Vol. 7, Ar. 46, doi:10.1186/1479-5868-7-46

Computer/Video Games
- Anderson, Craig A. et al (2010) Violent video game effects on aggression, empathy, and prosocial behavior in Eastern and Western countries: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin., Vol 136 (2) 151-173.
- Bailey, K; et al (2010) A negative association between video game experience and proactive cognitive control. Psychophysiology, Vol. 47, No. 1, Pp34-42
- Bushman, BJ; et al (2010) Much ado about something: violent video game effects and a school of red herring: Reply to Ferguson and Kilburn. Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 136, No. 2, Pp182-187
- Ferguson, CJ & Kilburn, J (2010) Much ado about nothing: The misestimation and overinterpretation of violent video game effects in Eastern and Western nations: Comment on Anderson et al. Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 136, No. 2, Pp174-178
- Fischer, P; et al (2010) Media violence and the self: The impact of personalized gaming characters in aggressive video games on aggressive behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,Vol. 46, No. 1, Pp192-195
- Greitemeyer, T & Osswald, S (2010) Effects of prosocial video games on prosocial behavior.
Journal of personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 98, No. 2, Pp211-221
- Huesmann, LR (2010) Nailing the coffin shut on doubts that violent video games stimulate aggression: comment on Anderson et al. Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 136, No. 2, Pp179-181
- Padilla-Walker, LM; et al (2010) More than just a game: Video game and Internet use during emerging adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Vol 39, No. 2, Pp103-113
- Paraskeva, F; et al (2010) Multiplayer online games as educational tools: Facing new challenges in learning. Computers & Education, Vol. 54, No. 2, Pp498-505
- Yao, MZ; Mahood, C; Linz, D (2010) Sexual priming. gender stereotyping, and likelihood to sexually harass: Examining the cognitive effects of playing a sexually-explicit video game.Sex Roles, Vol. 62, No. 1-2, Pp77-88
- Hartmann, T & Vorderer, P (2010) It’s okay to shoot a character: Moral disengagement in violent video games. Journal of Communication, Vol. 60, No. 1, Pp94-119
Lim, S & Reeves, B (2010) Being in the game: Effects of avatar choice and point of view on psychophysiological responses during play. Media Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 4, Pp348-370
- Lim, S & Reeves, B (2010) Computer agents verses avatars: Responses to interactive game characters controlled by a computer or other player. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Vol. 68, No. 1-2, Pp57-68
- Padilla-Walker, LM; et al (2010) More than just a game: video game and Internet use during emerging adulthood. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, Vol. 39, No. 2, Pp103-113
- Porter, G; et al (2010) Recognizing problem video game use. Australian & New Zealnd Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 44, No. 2, Pp129-134
- Krcmar, M & Lachlan, K (2010) Aggressive outcomes and videogame play: The role of length of play and the mechanisms at work. Media Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 3, Pp249-267
- Ravaja, N (2010) The psychophysiology of digital gaming: The effect of a non co-located opponent. Media Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 3, Pp268-294
- Schmierbach, M (2010) ”Killing spree”: Exploring the connection between competitive game play and aggressive cognition. Communication Research, Vol. 37, No. 2, Pp256-274
- Biddiss, E & Irwin, J (2010) Active video games to promote physical activity in children and youth: A systematic review. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol. 164, No. 7, Pp664-672
- Fang, X & Zhao, F (2010) Personality and enjoyment of computer game play. Computers in Industry, Vol. 61, No. 4, Pp342-349
- Lee, KM; Peng, W; Klein, J (2010) Will the experience of playing a violent role in a video game influence people’s judgments of violent crimes? Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 26, No. 5, Pp1019-1923
- Lemmens, JS; Valkenburg, P; Peter, J (2010) The effects of pathological gaming on aggressive hehavior. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, DOI 10.1007/s10964-010-9558-x
- Penko, AL & Barkley, JE (2010) Motivation and physiologic responses of playing a physically interactive video game relative to a sedentary alternative in children. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Vol. 39, No. 2, Pp162-169
- Regenbogen, C; et al (2010) The neutral processing of voluntary completed, real and virtual violent and nonviolent computer game scenarios displaying predefined actions in gamers and nongamers.
Social Neuroscience, Vol. 5, No. 2, Pp221-240
- Swing, E; Gentile, DA; et al (2010) Television and video game exposure and the development of attention problems. Pediatrics, Vol. 126, No. 2, Pp214-221

Computers & the Internet
- Mazur, E & Kozarian, L (2010) Self-presentation and interaction in blogs of adolescents and young emerging adult. Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 25, No. 1, Pp124-144
- Bell, D (2010) Children and the Internet. British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 41, No. 1, Pp144
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Kafai, Yasmin B (2010) World of whyville. Games and Culture, Vol. 5, No. 1, Pp3-22
- Lin, CH; et al (2010) The effects of parental monitoring and leisure boredom on adolescents’ Internet addiction. Adolescence, Vol. 44, No. 176, Pp993-1004
- Mikami, AY; et al (2010) Adolescent peer relationships and behavior problems predict young adults’ communication on social networking websites. Developmental Psychology, Vol. 46, No. 1, Pp46-56
- Olagunju, Amos O (2009) Harmonizing the interests of free speech, obscenity, and child pornography in cyberspace: The new roles of parents, technology, and legislation for Internet safety. Scientific World Journal, Vol. 9, Pp1260-1272
- van den Eijnden, RJJM; et al (2010) Compulsive Internet use among adolescents: Biodirectional parent-child relationships. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Vol. 38, No. 1, Pp77-89
- Vanderbosch, H & van Cleemut, K (2009) Cyberbullying among youngsters: profiles of bullies and victims. New Media & Society, Vol. 11, No. 8, Pp1349-1371
- Chen, HP; et al (2010) The influence of an educational computer game on children’s cultural identities. Educational Technology & Society, Vol. 13, No. 1, Pp94-105
- Fawkner, SG; et al (2010) Adolescent girls’ energy expenditure during dance simulation active computer gaming. Journal of Sports Sciences, Vol. 28, No. 1, Pp61-65
- Holt, TJ; et al (2010) Considering the pedophile subculture online. Sexual abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment, Vol. 22, No. 1, Pp3-24
- Pornari, CD & Wood, J (2010) Peer and cyber aggresion in secondary school students: The role of moral disengagement, hostile attribution bias, and outcome expectancies. Aggressive Behavior, Vol. 36, No. 2, Pp81-94
- Pujazon-Zazik, M & Park, MJ (2010) To tweet or not to tweet: Gender differences and potential positive and negative health outcomes of adolescents’ social Internet use. American Journal of Mens Health, Vol. 4, No. 1, Pp77-85
- Spears, B; et al (2010) Behind the scenes and screens insights into the human dimension of covert and cyberbullying. Journal of Psychology, Vol. 217, No. 4, Pp189-196
- Livingstone, S & Helsper, E (2010) Balancing opportunities and risks in teenagers’ use of the Internet: the role of online skills and Internet self-efficacy. New Media & Society, Vol. 12, No. 2, Pp309-329
- Jain, A (2010) Temptations in cyberspace: New battlefields in childhood obesity.
Health Affairs, Vol. 29, No. 3, Pp425-429
- Morrison, CM & Gore H (2010) The relationship between excessive Internet use and depression: A questionnaire-based study of 1,319 young people and adults. Psychopathology, Vol. 43, No. 2, Pp121-126
- National Cyber Security Alliance (2010) The state of K-12 cyberethics, cyber-
safety and cybersecurity curriculum in the United States. http://www.staysafeonline.org
- Blanchard, J & Moore, T (2010) The digital world of young children: Impact on emergent literacy. http://www.pearsonfoundation.org
- Johnson, JM (2010) Internet use and child development: Validation of the ecological techno-subsystem. Educational Technolgy & Society, Vol. 13, No. 1, Pp176-185
- Kiriakidis, SP & Kavoura, A (2010) Cyberbullying: A review of the literature on harassment through the Internet and other electronic means. Family & Community Health, Vol. 33, No. 2, Pp82-93
- Lenhart, A; et al (2009) Social media & mobile Internet use among teens and young adults. http://www.pewinternet.org
- Chiang, YT & Lin, SSSJ (2010) Early adolescent players’ playfulness and psychological needs in online games. Social Behavior and Personality, Vol. 38, No. 5, Pp627-636
- Collier, A & Nigam, H, Co-Chairs (2010) Youth safety on a living Internet: report of the online safety and technology working group. www.ntia.doc.gov Pp116
- Desjarlais, M & Willoughby, T (2010) A longitudinal study of the relation between adolescent boys and girls’ computer use with friends and friendship quality: support for the social compensation or the rich-get-richer hypothesis? Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 26, No. 5, Pp896-905
- Joo, A & Park, I (2010) Effects of an empowerment education program in the prevention of Internet games addiction in middle school students. Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, Vol. 40, No. 2, Pp255-263
- Kelleci, M & Inal, S(2010) Psychiatric symptoms in adolescents with Internet use: Comparison without Internet use. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, Vol. 13, No. 2, Pp191-194
- Lennings, CJ; et al (2010) Grooming for terror: The Internet and young people. Psychology and Law, Vol. 17, No. 3, Pp424-437
- Marcum, CD; et al (2010) Potential factors of online victimization of youth: An examination of adolescent online behaviors utilizing routine activity theory. Deviant Behavior, Vol. 31, No. 5, Pp381-410
- Peter, J & Valkenburg, PM (2010) Processes underlying the effects of adolescents’ use of sexually explicity Internet material: The role of perceived realism. Communication Research, Vol. 37, No. 3, Pp375-399
- Reich, SM (2010) Adolescents’ sense of community on Myspace and Facebook: A mixed-methods approach. Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 38, No. 6, Pp688-705
- Sit, CHF; Lam, JWK; McKenzie, TL (2010)Direct observation of children’s preferences and activity levels during interactive and online electronic games. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, Vol. 7, No. 4, Pp484-489
- Twyman, K; et al (2010) Comparing children and adolescents engaged in cyberbullying to matched peers. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, Vol. 13, No. 2, Pp195-199
- Utsumi, S (2010) Cyberbullying among middle-school students: Association with children’s perception of parental control and relational aggression. Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. 58, No. 1, Pp12-22

Media Education
- Schoenfeld, Elinor R; et al (2010) Using the Internet to educate adolescents about osteoporosis: Application of a tailored web-education system. Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 11, No. 1, Pp104-111

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