Sponsors:

AAFCS Massachusetts Avenue Building Assets Fund

Helen LeBaron Hilton Fund, ISU

Iowa Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Elva Davies Fund

The Ready to Learn Service of Iowa Public Television

Iowa State University Extension to 4-H Youth Development

Iowa State University Extension to Families.

Topics

October 8, 2001
"The Impact of Violent Television Programs and Movies"
Brad Bushman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology, Iowa State University

Questions from viewers; Answers from Dr. Bushman

 

October 22, 2001
"The Impact of Violent Video Games"
Craig Anderson, Ph.D., Professor and Department Chair, Psychology, Iowa State University

Questions from viewers; Answers from Dr. Anderson

November 5, 2001
"The Psychology of Media Violence: Why it Has a Lasting Impact on Children"
L. Rowell Huesmann, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Communication Studies at the University of Michigan and Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research

Questions from viewers; Answers from Dr. Huesmann

 

November 19, 2001
"Media Literacy: A Potent Antidote to Media Violence"
Faith Rogow, Ph.D., President, Alliance for a Media Literate America

Questions from viewers; Answers from Ms. Rogow

Presenters
Craig A. Anderson received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, and his current research focuses on the potentially harmful effects of exposure to violent video games. He serves on the Executive Council of the International Society for Research on Aggression, and has testified at a U.S. Senate hearing on "The Impact of Interactive Violence on Children." Dr. Anderson has also served on the Media Violence Expert Advisory Panel for the Surgeon General's report on Youth Violence. He has authored numerous publications related to human aggression and the relationship of media violence to aggression. Dr. Anderson has also been involved in several public policy efforts at the local, state, and national level pertaining to media violence.
http://psych-server.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/Bio.html

• Video Game Suggestions from Dr. Craig A. Anderson (PDF)
  http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/VG_Recommend.pdf
• Video Game Violence FAQs from Dr. Craig A. Anderson (PDF)
  http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/VG_FAQs.pdf

Brad J. Bushman received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri, and has done extensive research and has written several publications on the effects of violent television programs and movies on human aggression. Recently he co-authored a chapter, "Effects of televised violence on aggression" in the Handbook of Children and the Media with Dr. Rowell Huesmann. In addition, he has served as an expert witness in numerous court cases involving media violence.
http://psych-server.iastate.edu/faculty/bbushman/homepage.htm

L. Rowell Huesmann is Professor of Psychology and Communication Studies at the University of Michigan and a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for social Research where he directs the Aggression Research Program. Professor Huesmann's diverse scientific contributions have ranged from mathematical and computer models of human information processing, to multi-generation longitudinal studies of aggression and violence, to experimental studies of social behavior. His research on the psychological foundations of aggressive and antisocial behavior and on the role of media violence in stimulating aggressive behavior has been the subject of three books and over 75 journal articles and has attracted widespread national and international attention.

Faith Rogow is founder of Insighters Educational Consulting whose mission is to "help people learn from TV and one another". She is national President of the Alliance for a Media Literate America and has keynoted National Teacher Training Institutes from Montreal to Miami. In nearly twenty years as a media educator, she has trained thousands of teachers, students, child care providers, and parents to understand and harness the power of television. Dr. Rogow has served as a consultant to PBS' Ready to Learn Service, Sesame Workshop, Frontline, and a variety of instructional television productions. In recognition of her work on outreach for Sesame Street, she was given a 1996 Ralph B. Rogers Award by Children's Television Workshop.

Program Host
Tom Rendon, Ready to Learn Coordinator, Iowa Public Television will serve as the host for the program series. Tom brings a wealth of information and experience pertaining to children's television programming and media literacy which will be helpful as we bridge the research on media violence and practical application for parents and professionals who work with children and families.