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Violence and the Media
- Children and TV Violence(http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/violence.htm) from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry discusses the inpact of TV violence on behavior and how parents can protect their children from excessive media violence.
- Children, Violence, and the Media: A Report for Parents and Policy Makers(http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/oldsite/mediavio.htm)from the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary - September 14, 1999 provides recommendations on how to address the effects of media violence on children.
- FTC Releases Follow-Up Report on The Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children
from the Federal Trade Commission, April 24, 2001 includes research findings that indicate "some progress both in limiting advertising in popular teen media and in providing rating information in advertising." (see also the April, 2001 FTC full follow-up report on The Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children - NOTE: PDF file needs Adobe Acrobat Reader and the original September 2000 FTC press release and full report - NOTE: PDF file)
- How Violence Manipulates Viewers: Media Risk Factors
(http://www.mediascope.org/pubs/ibriefs/hvmv.htm) from Mediascope, "a national, nonprofit public policy organization founded in 1992 to promote constructive depictions of health and social issues in the media, particularly as they relate to children and adolescents." (see also, Violence, Women and the Media (http://www.mediascope.org/pubs/ibriefs/vwm.htm) - a new 2000 Mediascope report)
- Impact of Televised Violence (http://www.ksu.edu/humec/impact.htm) by John P. Murray, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the School of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University. In-depth discussion of the issue citing correlational, experimental and field studies.
- Mediascope National Television Violence Study (http://www.mediascope.org/pubs/ibriefs/ntvs.htm) presents findings of a three year report on violence on U.S. television. (see also, Television's Anti-Violence Messages (http://www.mediascope.org/pubs/ibriefs/tavm.htm)from 1997))
- Violence on Television (http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/violence.html) from the American Psychological Association provides tips for parents on minimizing the impact of TV violence on children.
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