Project News In 2007 the project finished most of the coding of the half-sample of top-ranked movies (1-30) from 1950-2004, coding over 800 films. Some of the results, such as the frequency and explicitness of tobacco, alcohol, drugs, sex, violence, and suicide portrayals and the change in the portrayal of youth health risk behaviors and male vs. female representation, is available in an ARCI book, titled The Changing Portrayal of Adolescents in the Media since 1950 (Oxford University Press, 2008).
  
Methods Updated
5/26/2009
A new "Methods Section" has been added that includes some background to our recruitment and training procedure. You will also find a description of our survey instrument as well as an example of one of the surveys used. You can find the link to the Methods section in the upper bar, next to the Search button.
Television Phase
12/1/2008
The Changing Portrayal of Adolescents in the Media
8/13/2008
Book background:
8/1/2008
What lies ahead?
8/1/2008
Technical news:
8/1/2008
Considerations and Recommendations
11/2/2006
The Annenberg Media Health Coding Project: Rationale and Plans
8/13/2006
Establishing Validity in Content Analyses
10/1/2005