Youth and Media: Benefit vs. Peril

Media —everywhere, all the time are revolutionizing our children’s lives from the noted PBS series, Sesame Street, to video games, the rapidly growing world of advergames, MTV, BabyTV, texting, twittering and YouTube. Rona Zlokower will address media’s powerful influences on our children’s health and how we can empower ourselves and our children to be smart about media.

Rona Zlokower, MCM, has participated in and led public/private partnerships in the healthcare, corporate and nonprofit sectors for over 35 years. In 2000, Rona created MediaSmart with Selma Deitch, MD, founder of Child Health Services, Manchester, to address the increasing influence of media on children’s health and behaviors. In 2007, under Rona’s leadership, the program became Media Power Youth, a New Hampshire nonprofit that guides parents and professionals to empower youth to succeed in school and make healthy choices through smart use of media.

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