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Evaluating Reaction Videos of Young People Watching Edutainment Media (MTV Shuga): Qualitative Observational Study

Evaluating Reaction Videos of Young People Watching Edutainment Media (MTV Shuga): Qualitative Observational Study

Edutainment has become a crucial tool for disseminating sexual health information, especially to young people [1-5]. Singhal and Rogers [6] define edutainment as the deliberate use of media to entertain and educate, aiming to enhance knowledge, foster positive attitudes, and change behavior.

Venetia Baker, Sarah Mulwa, David Khanyile, Georgia Arnold, Simon Cousens, Cherie Cawood, Isolde Birdthistle

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e55275

Evaluating the Intensity of Exposure to MTV Shuga, an Edutainment Program for HIV Prevention: Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Evaluating the Intensity of Exposure to MTV Shuga, an Edutainment Program for HIV Prevention: Cross-Sectional Study in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Over the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, edutainment and mass media campaigns have played an important role in health promotion, with some successfully raising awareness of HIV transmission, prevention, and treatment as well as contributing to increases in condom use [1-10].

Sarah Mulwa, Venetia Baker, Cherie Cawood, David Khanyile, Dominique O'Donnell, Sophie Sarrassat, Simon Cousens, Isolde Birdthistle

JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e44111

Young Adults’ Responses to an African and US-Based COVID-19 Edutainment Miniseries: Real-Time Qualitative Analysis of Online Social Media Engagement

Young Adults’ Responses to an African and US-Based COVID-19 Edutainment Miniseries: Real-Time Qualitative Analysis of Online Social Media Engagement

Younger adults (aged In April 2020, as the novel COVID-19 spread across the globe, MTV Staying Alive Foundation (SAF) quickly produced an online “edutainment” miniseries that aimed to disseminate timely and accurate information to increase young people’s knowledge, motivation, and actions to reduce the spread of SARS-Co V-2. The series was called MTV Shuga: Alone Together and included storylines about the pandemic’s impact on employment, sexual and intimate partner violence, and mental health.

Venetia Baker, Georgia Arnold, Sara Piot, Lesedi Thwala, Judith Glynn, James Hargreaves, Isolde Birdthistle

JMIR Form Res 2021;5(10):e30449

“Less Than A Wife”: A Study of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Content in Teen and Women’s Digital Magazines

“Less Than A Wife”: A Study of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Content in Teen and Women’s Digital Magazines

Magazines are a type of entertainment-education or “edutainment,” which refers to the placement of educational content in entertainment messages [34]. Magazines publish health content in addition to beauty, fashion, and entertainment content. Teen magazines have published health content on topics such as sexually transmitted infections, gynecological visits, and birth control [35], and women’s magazines have published on breast cancer [36], heart disease, osteoporosis, and depression [33].

Ninive Sanchez, Hillary Jones

J Med Internet Res 2016;18(6):e89