TV shows convey mixed messages about alcohol
Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 07:35
in Psychology & Sociology
Efforts to dissuade youth consumption through negative alcohol consumption depictions can be thwarted by portrayals of positive consumption in prime-time television programming. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Affairs reveals that television series often portray mixed messages about alcohol, but the positive and negative messages were shown differently...
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