In April 2004, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers called for teenage magazines to have age restrictions placed on them, claiming that they glamorize promiscuity. But youth projects are using magazines as a positive tool in their programmes.
MediaRelate, a programme created to be used both in schools and informal settings, employs teenage magazines and television programmes to educate students about sex and relationships. Sara Bragg and David Buckingham created the course at the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media at the Institute of Education in London. "Throughout the project we found that young people are looking for different sources of information about sex education," says Buckingham.
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