The impact of a social media literacy intervention on positive attitudes to tanning: A pilot study

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Highlights:

• Young women received media literacy education in a Facebook group for two weeks.

• Decreased positive tanning attitudes in the intervention compared to control group.

• Less internalization, appearance comparisons, and tanning intentions than control group.

• Media literacy education delivered on social media can change tanning attitudes.

摘要

•Young women received media literacy education in a Facebook group for two weeks.•Decreased positive tanning attitudes in the intervention compared to control group.•Less internalization, appearance comparisons, and tanning intentions than control group.•Media literacy education delivered on social media can change tanning attitudes.

论文关键词:Media literacy,Tanning,Skin tone,Facebook,Social media

论文评审过程:Received 10 April 2018, Revised 31 August 2018, Accepted 4 September 2018, Available online 7 September 2018, Version of Record 14 September 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.09.004