Media Literacy - Thinking Critically About Sex in the Media

Media Literacy helps middle and high school students develop the skills they need to see past the surface to the underlying message and intent of contemporary media. From book to book, the topics cover the gamut of media today. Help students cast a critical eye on an eye-opening topic with a guide that investigates the reliability of sexual information targeted to teens through popular media, encourages students to critically analyze how the entertainment and advertising industries use sexual themes to sell products, examines the portrayal of gender roles in the media, and prompts discussion of sexual themes and images on the Internet and in contemporary music and videos.