Contents: A.I. Leshner, Foreword. W.D. Crano, M. Burgoon, Preface. Part I:Introduction, Early Theories, and Research. W.D. Crano, Introduction. E.A. Wartella, P.A. Stout, The Evolution of Mass Media and Health Persuasion Models. C. Atkin, Promising Strategies for Media Health Campaigns. Part II:Contemporary Theories and Research. M. Burgoon, E.M. Alvaro, K. Broneck, C. Miller, J.R. Grandpre, J.R. Hall, C.A. Frank, Using Interactive Media Tools to Test Substance Abuse Prevention Messages. M. Fishbein, J. Cappella, R. Hornik, S. Sayeed, M. Yzer, R.K. Ahern, The Role of Theory in Developing Effective Anti-Drug Public Service Announcements. L. Donohew, P. Palmgreen, E. Lorch, R. Zimmerman, N. Harrington, Attention, Persuasive Communication, and Prevention. J.R. Priester, Sex, Drugs, and Attitudinal Ambivalence: How Feelings of Evaluative Tension Influence Alcohol Use and Safe Sex Behaviors. J.T. Siegel, J.K. Burgoon, Expectancy Theory Approaches to Prevention: Violating Adolescent Expectations to Increase the Effectiveness of Public Service Announcements. M. Eisen, Intermediate Outcomes From a Life Skills Education Program With a Media Literacy Component. Part III:Summing Up. S.I. Donaldson, High-Potential Mediators of Drug-Abuse Prevention Program Effects. J.H. Derzon, M.W. Lipsey, A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Mass Communication for Changing Substance-Use Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior. G.W. Selnow, The Media and Drug Prevention Programs.