02 Apr 2006
Editorial: Researchers and parents should view media as a public health issue

For those who thought the treatment of cigarette and liquor advertising as public health issues would never threaten freedom of speech, I present the following. What's next? Should we justify illegal wiretaps since terrorism is a "public health issue"?

As technology becomes more advanced and communications tools more widely available, parents and researchers must examine the effects of media use that has pervaded children's lives, according to an editorial in the April issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a theme issue on children and the media.

(link) [EurekAlert!]

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