1.What group or groups of people are you hearing the messages from?

2. What specific message about the subject are you hearing?

Message Detection

School and goals

Having fun

Clothes and Music

Relationships & Sex

Values and beliefs

Drugs

Hang around people who have high expectations of

you, the kind of people who will hold you accountable for your actions and decisions,

and keep you on track.

Media Call Out

1. Magazines•Articles or ads?

2. Music• What was that?

Media Sources3. Television Ads•Old Spice•BMW•Pepsi

4. Celebrities

Aisha Tyler: Ghost Whisper

?On average, how many ads do we view in one

day?3,000

HELP… there’s no escape!!!!!

Questions to Ponder… 1. What is being used to attract my attention, and

what is being shown or said?

2. Do the messages agree with what I want for my life and relationships?

3. Are the people and/or messages in the media realistic to every day life?

You’ll be the same person in 5 years as you are

today with the exception of 2 things; the people you associate with and

the books that you read.