Ages 5 and Above:

1. "Buy Me That," Consumer Reports Television, 1990. 28 min.
   This video shows children how commercials they see on television, advertising toys and games, portray a false image. This video teaches children how people who make commercials create a false sense of reality. This is a very good video to show young children because it is fun, interesting, and very basic.
    
2. "Buy Me That Too," Ambrose Video Publishing, 1992. 30min. This video is designed to educate young children (5-12 yrs.) about the truisms of what they see on television.
    
3. "Buy Me That 3," Consumer Reports Television 1993. 29min.
   This video is the third video in the ?Buy Me That? series. It focuses more on how food commercials persuade children. This video features products such as: Coke, McDonalds, various cereals etc. It shows children how food commercials present a false sense of reality. This video is extremely good for young children because it is fun, interesting and very basic.
    
4. "TV Smarts for Kids," The Cable Television Industry and Girl Scouts of America, 25min. There are three parts to this video. The first part is directed towards 5-7 yr old children. This part uses fictional characters to help young children understand television. It is intended to teach young children basic ideas about how television is not real. This video is very good for young children.
   
   The second part is intended for 8- 11 yr olds. A popular character from Nickelodeon explains the basic concepts of television. This part provides education and smart clues on different aspects of how producers get you to think about certain things that are happening on television.
   
   The third part challenges teens to question why they watch TV. This section is a very short segment directed towards teenagers ages 12-17.

Middle School:

1. "Game Over," Gender, Race and Violence in Video Games, the Media Education Foundation, 2001. 41 min.
   
   This video explains the impact violence in video games has on children. It explains how the lack of sorrow, remorse, experiencing grief for killing has a very high impact on adolescents. This video is intended for middle school and above.
    
2. "TV Smarts for Kids," The Cable Television Industry and Girl Scouts of America, 25min.
   
   There are three parts to this video. The first part is directed towards 5-7 yr old children. This part uses fictional characters to help young children understand television. It is intended to teach young children basic ideas about how television is not real. This video is very good for young children.
   
   The second part is intended for 8- 11 yr olds. A popular character from Nickelodeon explains the basic concepts of television. This part provides education and smart clues on different aspects of how producers get you to think about certain things that are happening on television.
   
   The third part challenges teens to question why they watch TV. This section is a very short segment directed towards teens ages 12-17.
3. "Pack of Lies: The Advertising of Tobacco,"
   This movie is best suited for eighth grade and up, and would be most useful if a discussion is used before or after the movie. Narrated by Jean Kilbourne and Rick Pollay, this movie critically analyzes the tobacco industry with information from inside the tobacco companies. The movie stresses that the companies specifically target populations such as minorities and women so they can increase their profits without regard to the lives of their consumers.
   

High School and Above:

1. "Behind the Screens," Hollywood Goes Hyper-commercial, The Media Education Foundation, 2000. 37 min
   
   This demonstrated the vast increase in the infiltration of advertisements in the media. This video discusses the reasons for, and consequences of, an ever-accelerated concentration of media ownership. This video is directed towards a mature audience (high school level and above)
    
2. "Culture Jammer's Video," The Media Foundation. 3 minutes. This is an extremely short video on four television commercials.
    
3. "Just Do Media Literacy," New Mexico Media Literacy Projects. This video is effective for teens and adults to learn about media literacy.
    
4. "Money for Nothing," Behind the Business of Pop Music, The Media Education Foundation, 2001. 49 min.
   
   The problem with the high emphasis on money in the media, specifically pop music. This video goes behind the scenes and explores the reality of producing music. This is a very interesting video, which is intended for high school level and above.
    
5. "Playing Unfair," The Media Image of the Female Athlete, The Media Education Foundation. 2000. 30 min.
   
   This video discusses the effects of Title Nine and the progression of the representation of female athletes. This video pertains to a mature audience.
    
6. "Reviving Ophelia," Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, the Media Education Foundation, 2000. 35min. This video helps people understand why young girls are so susceptible to outside pressures and the desire to have the perfect figure. (High school level and above).
    
7. "Scanning Television," Face to Face Media, 2003. Each of the ?Scanning TV? videos are useful for teenagers and adults.
    
8. "Tough Guise," The Media Education Foundation
   This video portrays real-life and Hollywood pictures of violence on television. This video mainly focuses on how young men feel they should be based on how they are portrayed on television.
    
9. "What a Girl Wants," The Media Education Foundation, 2000. 33 min
   This is a video on the examination of how the media presents girls. It features the feelings of young girls aging from 10-14 yrs old. The girls express their feelings about thin models, dancers and actors such as: Brittney spears, Jessica Simpson and Christina Aguilera. The young girls are questioned about what they think boys want them to look like, or what you have to do to get them. This video seems to be geared more towards a younger teen population.
    
10. "Who is in Your Brain?" PSA directed by Willy Kunkle Stevenson. This is a very short video on the effects of smoking.
     
11. "Violent Kids: Can We Change the Trend?" National Issues Forums Institute, 2000. 12min. This video is appropriate for high school students and above.
     
    
12. "Slim Hopes" This movie is best suited for audiences of high school and older. Jean Kilbourne describes how women are taught to strive for an impossible beauty through advertisments and the media. Kilbourne also describes how food is transfromed from nourishment to sex, control, and the enemy. This is a great movie that can help individuals understand the effects of the media on women's minds and self-estem.
     
13. "Advertising & The End Of The World " This movie is best suited for high school and older. Sut Jhally presentation challenges students to look at advertisements in a new light. Jhally illustrates how advertisements seek to make individuals buy material things because they have a need for emotional connections. In addition, Jhally goes on to talk about the repercussions of having an object driven society. This movie would be best used in parts with discussion due to the duration and scope of material covered.
     
14. "Killing Us Softly 3 " This movie is suited for high school and older. Jean Kilbourne does an excellent job of illustrating the changes and similarities in advertising since she first made "Killing Us Softly." Kilbourne talks about issues such as ads telling women what they are and what they should be, women as objects, and gender inequality. This movie is a great introduction to advertising effects on men and women (specifically violence). smoking.
     
15. "Media Literacy for Health: New Mexico Media Literacy Project " This video uses teens and their views on the media and advertising to explore how it affects teen health. At the end of the video teens deconstruct advertisements by altering what is said to match the actual outcomes of using the products. This video would be a great tool to use as an introduction to media literacy.
     
     
     Parents and Teachers:

1. "Mind over Media" Helping Kids Get the Message. National Education Association, one hour. This is designed to help teachers, parents, and adult community leaders explore the answers to introducing the potential of media literacy at every grade level K-12 and across the curriculum.
    
2. "Taking Charge of Your TV," The Family and Community Critical Viewing Project, 4 min. This is a brief summary of ways for parents to educate their children about television.
    
3. "Tools to Use to Help You Chose," The Cable TV Industry and Leading Children?s Advocacy Organization, 1997. 9 min. This video is an effective resource tool for parents and teachers who are trying to educate young children and teens about media literacy issues.