Open Directory - Society: Issues: Violence and Abuse: Media
See also: - Explores how newspapers can more effectively address the issue of violence. From the Nieman Foundation. - About-Face questions and satirizes negative and demeaning images of women in society. - Reviews studies on the effect of TV violence on children. - Includes articles on media violence and video games. - Research data tracking television viewing habits and behavior patterns, population/homicide rate data, cartoon violence, video games, internet, music, lyrics and potential adverse effects of excessive exposure to media. - Federal Trade Commission report regarding the marketing of violent materials to children by the industries of motion picture, recording, and electronic games. - Offers a number of resources including movie, television and video game content ratings, media awareness programs and helpful hints for parents to evaluate their media use. - Examines the role television news plays in an increasingly violent society. From Rocky Mountain Media Watch. - The divergent scenes in society's seemingly random patchwork quilt of senseless youth violence contain a common thread. - National grassroots initiative providing information about the effects of violent entertainment, toys and games on children's behavior. - This CLN menu page provides links to Media Studies curricular resources and instructional materials (lesson plans) in the specific topic of violence in the media - Topics: The Problem of Violence, Media and the Social Agenda, From Public Opinion to Public Judgment, Understanding the Problem, The Search for Solutions, The Media as Part of the Solution, Conclusion, and Endnotes. Source: Margaret Gerteis,Annenberg Washington Program - Author Gerard Jones argues that violence in video games and other media give children a tool to master their rage. (June 28, 2000)
