Knowledge: media
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- About-Face!
http://www.about-face.org/ - About-Face questions and satirizes negative and demeaning images of women in society.
- Student Safety on the Information Highway.
http://www.4j.lane.edu/safety/ - Detailed articles for teens and children about issues and ways to handle problems on the internet.
- Violence In The Media (Community Learning Network)
http://www.cln.org/themes/media_violence.html - 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
- Facts About Media Violence and Effects on the American Family
http://www.babybag.com/articles/amaviol.htm - 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.
- The Media Theory Site
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ics/theory/ - Materials about the mass media and its relationship to people's identities, gender, sexuality and behaviour.
- Ten Things Wrong With the Media 'Effects' Model
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ics/theory/effects.htm - Chapter of a book, written by Dr David Gauntlett of the University of Leeds, criticising studies of media effects. [Legally reproduced on the Web by the author].
- The Hidden Hand of Violence {Freedom Magazine}
http://violence.freedommag.org/page02.htm - The divergent scenes in society's seemingly random patchwork quilt of senseless youth violence contain a common thread.
- Violent Media is Good for Kids
http://www.motherjones.com/reality_check/violent_media.html - Author Gerard Jones argues that violence in videogames and other media give children a tool to master their rage.
- Children and TV Violence
http://www.abelard.org/tv/tv.htm - Reviews studies on the affect of TV violence on children.
- MediaChannel.org: Media Mayhem
http://www.mediachannel.org/atissue/sample3/ - Debates whether violent media creates a violent culture or whether society avoids its real problems by blaming the media.
- TV News and the Culture of Violence
http://www.bigmedia.org/texts6.html - Examines the role television news plays in an increasingly violent society. From Rocky Mountain Media Watch.
- A New Approach to Covering Crime
http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/98-4NRwint98/Stevens.html - Explores how newspapers can more effectively address the issue of violence. From the Nieman Foundation.
- Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/09/youthviol.htm - Federal Trade Commission report regarding the marketing of violent materials to children by the industries of motion picture, recording, and electronic games.
- The Lion and Lamb Project
http://www.lionlamb.org/ - National grassroots initiative providing information about the effects of violent entertainment, toys and games on children's behavior.
- Essay on Media Violence
http://homoecumenicus.com/essay_ioannidis_media_violence.htm - Includes articles on media violence and video games.
- National Institute on Media and the Family
http://www.mediafamily.org - 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.
- Violent Entertainment
http://reason.com/bi/ftc-violence.shtml - Resources from Reason magazine countering the attacks on violence in popular culture.
- The Violence Formula
http://www.medialit.org/focus/viol_home.html - Explains how to analyze for violence in TV, movies and videos.
- Violence, Public Health, and the Media
http://www.annenberg.northwestern.edu/pubs/violence/ - 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
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