Alcohol+portrayal+in+Movies

Welcome to D.J. Janz and D.J. $almZ Wiki page! Our objective is to explain how alcohol influences adolescents through movies. You will read about an experiment that has been done to see if movies do influence kids and what effect it has on them. Did you know that watching a lot of movies with people drinking alcohol can make a child or teenager try alcohol before the age of 14? You will also watch some video examples of movies that include alcohol and drinking…not for fun but to actually learn. All these subjects are pretty mature but we will make sure that we include some random facts about alcohol in movies. =]

A study was made by Dr. James D. Sargent of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center about teenagers who drink. It proved that adolescents are affected my alcohol in movies and it may be causing them to try alcohol as early as 12 years old.

In 1999 Dr. Sargent interviewed more than 5,000 students aging 10 to 14 and they used data from more than 600 films. Scientists found that movies play a significant role in an adolescent's decision to drink at a young age. Dr. Sargent found that images and scenarios depicted in movies are among the strongest influences on young children, rivaling several other factors such as drinking by parents and peers. "We did similar research on smoking and found an association between seeing smoking in movies and teen smoking," Sargent said in an e-mail interview. "While watching the movies we noticed a lot of drinking as well, and that observation led to the research." Dr. James D. Sargent of Dartmouth-Hitchcock says, "This study is aimed at the prevention of early alcohol use and our hope is that parents of young children become more aware that drinking in films is common and that seeing these depictions can lead to early experimentation with drinking." Dr. Sargent’s research team found that 92% of the films in a sample of movies depicted the use of alcohol. Broken down by ratings, they found that alcohol was used in 52% of G-rated films, 89% for PG, 93% for PG-13 and 95% for R. Overall, researchers calculated that the typical child who took part in the survey was exposed to about 8 hours of alcohol use through movies. "If you think about how many 30 second beer commercials one can fit into eight hours, it's a staggering number--over 1000", said Sargent.

Lisa Snider, prevention director for the Prairie Center Health Systems, Inc., which treats alcohol and drug dependency, said other factors contribute to adolescent drinking. "The biggest thing is family atmosphere," she said. "I look at the family situation and if drinking is acceptable in the family atmosphere." Most parents underestimate the impact movies have on their children. This study clearly shows that adolescents are much more likely to smoke or drink if their parents let them watch R-rated movies.

Forty-six percent of the kids with no movie restrictions had tried alcohol, while four percent of those with complete restrictions had tried it. As videos, DVDs and cable and satellite television become more and more accessible, it’s much easier for children to watch R-rated movies. The researchers surveyed about 4,500 students in grades five through eight in New Hampshire and Vermont. Although 90 percent of the students surveyed were younger than 14 years old, only 16 percent said they were never allowed to watch R-rated movies.

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