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Most models weigh an average of 23% less than a typical woman. Twenty years ago, this difference was a mere 8%.

Over twenty years ago, the diet business was not as profitable as it is now, with much of this relating to the media. Today, this industry consists of over $33 billion each year.

There has been at least a sixty percent increase over the last twenty five years in the way women are portrayed; now, over half of women in media are perceived as sexual objects.

Shockingly, problems with eating disorders have increase over 400% since the year 1970.

Only five percent of women in the US actually fit the current body type popularly portrayed in advertising today.

Teen People Magazine conducted a recent survey. In it, they discovered that over 25% of the girls surveyed felt that the media makes them feel pressure to have a perfectly shaped body.

In another study, 69% of girls concurred that models found in magazines had a major influence on their concept of what a perfect body shape should look like.

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The Internet has drastically changed the way that children interact with the world. They have access to in-depth knowledge, tools to express their creativity, and people from all over the world. Yet along with offering a fascinating, new way to connect with the world, the Internet also offers new risks

Cyberbullying

Exposure to inappropriate material

Online predators

Revealing too much personal information

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We see up to 5,000 ads in a single day

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Media Literacy is a 21st century approach to education. It provides a framework to access, analyze, evaluate, create and participate with messages in a variety of forms — from print to video to the Internet

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Media Literacy is a 21st century approach to education. It provides a framework to access, analyze, evaluate, create and participate with messages in a variety of forms — from print to video to the Internet