Hollywood, Health & Society program director Vicki Beck presented a paper on “Measuring the impact of TV storylines and community outreach to educate the community about health in the United States” at the Entertainment Education Fourth International Conference, “EE4: Community and Context.” The conference was held near Capetown, South Africa.
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Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 12:00am to Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 12:00am
Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 12:00am to Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 12:00am
Hollywood, Health & Society program director Vicki Beck presented a paper on “Measuring the impact of TV storylines and community outreach to educate the community about health in the United States” at the Entertainment Education Fourth International Conference, “EE4: Community and Context.” The conference was held near Capetown, South Africa.
Friday, March 26, 2004 - 12:00am
Hollywood, Health & Society Director Vicki Beck gave a talk on "TV as the Health Educator: What Patients Are Learning from Daytime and Prime Time Dramas" at the AAMC Spring Conference in Los Ang
Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 12:00am
The Norman Lear Center hosted a free screening of Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema and the Myth of Cool, an award-winning documentary in which Hollywood insiders and health professionals speak out about artists' rights, social responsibility and the first amendment with regard to tobacco depiction. This 60-minute documentary includes interviews with Sean Penn, Ted Danson, Michael Crichton and Christy Turlington.
Wednesday, May 21, 2003 - 12:00am
The Hollywood, Health & Society program held a conference on the impact of health content in TV storylines on African American and Hispanic audiences in the United States. The objective of the conference was to gain a better understanding of the potential for TV shows to encourage positive health effects among African American and Hispanic audiences. This two-day conference included expert presentations, real-world examples by social marketing and entertainment industry experts and discussion groups organized to identify other examples, summarize lessons learned and develop next steps for entertainment-education research among multicultural audiences.
Friday, March 9, 2001 - 12:00am
Media effects and behavioral change are discussed by Miguel Sabido, the internationally recognized father of entertainment education, and Albert Bandura, founder of the social learning cognitive theory. Bandura, a professor and a psychologist, showed through his seminal Bobo doll studies in role modeling that audience members learn behavior as effectively from televised models as from ones in real life.
Monday, May 1, 2000 - 12:00am
In May 2000, the CDC convened a panel of experts to develop a Research Agenda for Entertainment Education.