Web Sites for Specific Audiences

Media and Multimedia Sites

Today, technology in general, and media outlets and digital communication devices in particular, play an important role in the lives of youths.  These media outlets are used for relaxation, education, news, and communication.  Information presented through multimedia campaigns often grasps their attention and are often an effective (and comfortable) mechanism for them to become empowered.  This section includes web sites offering public service announcements (PSAs), videos, awareness campaigns, PowerPoint presentations, streaming videos, and posters.   

Just Think Twice, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a teen-friendly site offering multimedia and video information on illegal drugs and their adverse effects (http://www.justthinktwice.com).

New Jersey Gang Free, sponsored by the NJ Dept. of Law and Public Safety, offers multimedia resources such as its educational video, Gangs, Guns, and Drugs and public service announcements (PSAs) to provide factual information on youth gangs, gang symbols and activities, why youth join gangs, and consequences of gang involvement (http://www.njgangfree.org/home.htm).

Childhelp USA focuses efforts on prevention, research, and treatment to meet the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children.  It sponsors a music video by Collin Raye (a country music star) who portrays the heartbreaking reality of abused children (http://www.childhelpusa.org/abuseinfo_videos.htm).

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC) offers bilingual resources for professionals, parents, and youth working to prevent violence committed by and against youth.  Its multimedia collection includes web casts, video clips, and teleconferences (http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/media/index.asp).      

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Dept. of Justice, offers an assessment guide and implementation manual on CD-ROM to assess and address local youth gang problems (http://www.iir.com/nygc/acgp/default.htm).

National Youth Gang Center offers a CD-ROM collection of select gang-related material for effective gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies (http://www.iir.com/nygc/publications.htm).

Gangs or Us, a gang identification site, provides information on gang clothing, graffiti, initiations, and hand signs through a variety of videos, books, and manuals  (http://www.gangsorus.com/parents.html).

ACT (Adults and Children Together) Against Violence is a violence prevention project that focuses on adults who raise, care for, and teach children ages 0 to 8 years. It offers a wide variety of public and professional multimedia materials that can assist parents and educators in early violence prevention (http://www.actagainstviolence.org/materials/index.html).

StopViolence.Com disseminates literature on the effects of media violence on youth and provides resources on violence prevention (http://www.stopviolence.com).

Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA), University of Minnesota, School of Social Work provides streaming videos, PowerPoint presentations, and interactive case studies on youth violence, dating violence, domestic violence, and child abuse (http://www.mincava.umn.edu/library/multimedia/).

The Media Project offers story ideas and script consultation on gay/lesbian issues and teen sexuality to media outlets (www.themediaproject.com).

National Clearinghouse on Family Violence is Canadian-based and offers an extensive catalogue of videos on domestic violence (http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/familyviolence/video_e.html).

Advocates for Youth offers media material, including videos, calendars, posters, and cartoons to facilitate discussions between parents and youth about sex and sex education (http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/poster.htm), (http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/scenarios.htm), and (http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/parents/rhk/index.htm).

National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign offers technical assistance on preparing public service announcements (PSAs) to prevent and reduce violence (http://www.violencepreventionweek.org/index.html?menu=wheel&show=media).