 Web sites
Craig A. Anderson, Professor & Chair, Iowa State
University
Department of Psychology
Alliance for a Media Literate
America
www.amlainfo.org/
The AMLA is committed to promoting media literacy education that
is focused on critical inquiry, learning, and skill-building.
American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org/
Boys to Men: Entertainment
Media
http://www.childrennow.org/media/boystomen/report-media.html
Highly publicized acts of violence
by young males have captured the concern of the country as child
experts nationwide search to understand the difficulties boys
face today. While there is a considerable amount of finger pointing
at the media, there is a dearth of research on the messages the
media sends boys and girls about what it means to be a man in
America. This study, released in 1999 by Children Now, a national
child advocacy organization, begins to fill in the picture.
Center for Media Literacy
www.medialit.org/
"Empowerment through education": learn to use critical
thinking skills in accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating
media. A comprehensive Web site of media literacy information
and resources.
Entertainment Software Rating
Board
http://www.esrb.org/
Media Violence: Confronting
the Issues and Taking Action
http://www.growsmartbrains.com/pages1/article5.html
Mediascope
www.mediascope.org/whoweare/index.htm
A national, nonprofit research and policy organization working
to promote issues of social relevance within the entertainment
industry. The organization addresses a variety of topics--Media
Ratings, Teen Sexuality, Children's Television, Diversity, Media
Violence, Effects of Video Games, Artists' Rights and Responsibilities,
Substance Use.
The National Institute on
Media and the Family
www.mediafamily.org/
A national resource for teachers, parents, community leaders
and other caring adults who are interested in the influence of
electronic media on early childhood education, child development,
academic performance, culture and violence. The Institute offers
a number of unique resources including: movie, television and
video game content ratings; media awareness programs; and helpful
hints for parents and families to evaluate their media use.
Talking with Kids about the
News
http://www.talkingwithkids.org/television/twk-news.html#how
This site provides some practical tips on talking with kids about
what they see on the news. This constant barrage of news coverage
can be overwhelming for adults, but it can be especially confusing
and frightening for young children.
TV Tips for Parents
http://pbskids.org/grownups/rtltvtips.html
By The Ready to Learn Service of PBS
Youth Violence: A Report of
the U.S. Surgeon General
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/sgoffice.htm
Chapter 5 of this report includes prevention and intervention
efforts.
Curricula and Resource
Materials
20 Ways to Create a Caring
Culture by Jay Dover
www.medialit.org/Violence/articles/20ways_pg1.htm
Beyond Blame: Challenging
Violence in the Media
www.medialit.org/Violence/bblame/bbprodindex.htm
An educational program to challenge and change violence on TV
and in the media
"Limiting the Effects
of Media Violence on Children"
www.media-awareness.ca/eng/issues/violence/getinv/vio_brch.htm
Handouts with practical ideas on lessening the effects of media
violence
National Issues Forum: Violent
Kids, Can We Change The Trend?
www.nifi.org/violent.html
NIF is a nationwide network of educational and community organizations
that deliberate about nation-wide issues. This site offers you
an opportunity to learn about NIF concepts, such as media violence.
You can find out how to begin holding forums in your community,
schools, churches or civic organizations. You can also exchange
ideas on their message board. NIF is non-partisan and does not
advocate a specific solution or point of view. Rather, deliberative
forums provide a way for citizens to exchange ideas and experiences
with one another, and make more thoughtful and informed decisions.
Parent Action Kit
www.lionlamb@lionlamb.org/pak.html
Developed by the Lion
and Lamb Project provides parents with information to help
them better understand the effects of "entertainment"
violence on children's behavior, and gives specific suggestions
for changes they can make.
Resources recommended by the
Center for Media Literacy
www.medialit.org/Catalog/violence.html
"Turn off the Violence"
Campaign
http://www.turnofftheviolence.org/Indexpage.htm
The mission of "Turn Off the Violence" is to educate
and inspire people to prevent violence in their homes, schools,
workplaces, and communities. This website contains practical
ideas for how YOU can help turn off the violence at home, for
your kids, at school, at work, in your community.
"TV Violence: What Parents
Can Do...10 Tips from the Experts"
www.cyfc.umn.edu/Documents/C/C/CC1016.html
Research and other
articles related to violence in the media
Articles recommended by the
Center for Media Literacy
www.medialit.org/Violence/articles/artsindex.htm
"Children and TV Violence"
http://www.parenthoodweb.com/parent_cfmfiles/pros.cfm?n=247
By the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Effects of Violent Video Games
on Aggressive Behavior, Aggressive Cognition, Aggressive Affect,
Physiological Arousal, and Prosocial Behavior: A Meta-Analytic
Review of the Scientific Literature
http://psych-server.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/abstracts/2000-2004/01AB.html
By Anderson, C. A., & Bushman, B. J. (in press).
Impact of Televised Violence
http://www.ksu.edu/humec/fshs/faculty/lifespan/murray/impact.htm
"Impact of Music Lyrics
and Music Videos on Children and Youth"
http://www.aap.org/policy/01219.html
By the American Academy of Pediatrics
Media Matters
www.aap.org/advocacy/mediamatters.htm
The national media education campaign of the American Academy
of Pediatrics.
This page is part of the American Academy of Pediatrics website
and has links to helpful articles about kids and media violence.
There are also action alerts and policy statements.
Research studies and policy
statements highlighted by the Lion and Lamb Project
www.lionlamb.org/research.html
Television Violence: A Review
of the Effects on Children of Different Ages
www.cfc-efc.ca/docs/00001068.htm
This 70 page report was prepared by Wendy L. Josephson, Ph.D.,
for the Department of Canadian Heritage, February 1995. Reprinted
with permission, by the Media Awareness Network. At different ages, children watch and
understand television in different ways, depending on the length
of their attention span, the way in which they process information,
the amount of mental effort they invest, and their own life experiences.
"The Effects of Media
Violence on Children"
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/familyviolence/html/mediaviolence.htm
Jane E. Ledingham C. Anne Ledingham John E. Richardson Ottawa,
1993
This article discusses how changes in medium and technology may
alter the way that children are affected by violence portrayed
in the media.
UCLA Center for Communication
Policy: Violence Reports
www.ccp.ucla.edu/pages/VReports.asp#a
The three-year project to monitor television violence examines
every series, television movie, theatrical film shown on television,
children's program, special and advertisement aired during a
television season. Over 3,000 hours of television are monitored
every year. In a major difference from many previous studies,
the UCLA report examines the context in which violence occurs
thus distinguishing between violence which in its context raises
concerns and that which does not. This study prepares an annual
report written in a clear and plain style accessible to parents,
the press, the government, advocates, academics and anyone interested
in the issue.
Video Games and Aggressive Thoughts, Feelings, and Behavior
in the Laboratory and in Life
www.apa.org/journals/psp/psp784772.html
By Craig A. Anderson, Department of Psychology, University of
Missouri-Columbia
Karen E. Dill, Department of Psychology, Lenoir-Rhyne College |
