Media And Gun Violence
The behaviors of most people are often influenced by media (television, radio and newspapers), social marketing (advertisements) and community organizing (community events). Gun violence permeates the news, popular television shows, movies, advertisements as well as the toy industry. Through these media channels children are influenced to use guns and are taught to believe that it is natural to have a gun in the home. In an effort to decrease gun violence it is the intention of the writer to implement a community health intervention program combining the media advocacy, social marketing and community organization.
The proposed community health intervention will center on the youth in the community and be an amalgam of social marketing, community organization and media advocacy strategies. The first step to implementing such a program would be to make the adult members of the community aware of the issue that is affecting the youth of their community. Using the media approach......
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