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The role movies play in alcohol consumption by youths

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Susannah R. Stern
Susannah R. Stern*
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Department of Communication Studies, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110, USA, email susannahstern@sandiego.edu
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Alcohol use and misuse among young people continue to be a major public health concern, despite decades of initiatives aimed at educating young people about the hazards of alcohol. Yet where do young people learn about alcohol use? How do they form attitudes about the effects and risks of drinking? Increasing evidence suggests that young people learn not only from real people (e.g. peers and parents) in their everyday lives but also from characters whose lives they witness through the media. In fact, the mass media have been recognised as significant sources of information about substance use that can influence young people's beliefs and expectations (Bahk, 2001; Sargent et al, 2002).

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Thematic paper - Alcohol misuse among young people
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International Psychiatry , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 34 - 35
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