Web Directory

» A New Approach to Covering Crime
   Explores how newspapers can more effectively address the issue of violence. From the Nieman Foundation.
   http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/98-4NRwint98/Stevens.html

» About-Face!
   About-Face questions and satirizes negative and demeaning images of women in society.
   http://www.about-face.org/

» Children and TV Violence
   Reviews studies on the effect of TV violence on children.
   http://www.abelard.org/tv/tv.php

» Essay on Media Violence
   Includes articles on media violence and video games.
   http://homoecumenicus.com/essay_ioannidis_media_violence.htm

» Facts About Media Violence and Effects on the American Family
   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.
   http://www.babybag.com/articles/amaviol.htm

» Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children
   Federal Trade Commission report regarding the marketing of violent materials to children by the industries of motion picture, recording, and electronic games.
   http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/09/youthviol.htm

» National Institute on Media and the Family
   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.
   http://www.mediafamily.org

» TV News and the Culture of Violence
   Examines the role television news plays in an increasingly violent society. From Rocky Mountain Media Watch.
   http://www.bigmedia.org/texts6.html

» Ten Things Wrong With the Media 'Effects' Model
   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].
   http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ics/theory/effects.htm

» The Hidden Hand of Violence {Freedom Magazine}
   The divergent scenes in society's seemingly random patchwork quilt of senseless youth violence contain a common thread.
   http://violence.freedommag.org/page02.htm

» The Lion and Lamb Project
   National grassroots initiative providing information about the effects of violent entertainment, toys and games on children's behavior.
   http://www.lionlamb.org/

» The Media Theory Site
   Materials about the mass media and its relationship to people's identities, gender, sexuality and behaviour.
   http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ics/theory/

» The Violence Formula
   Explains how to analyze for violence in TV, movies and videos.
   http://www.medialit.org/focus/viol_home.html

» Violence In The Media (Community Learning Network)
   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
   http://www.cln.org/themes/media_violence.html

» Violence, Public Health, and 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 Wash
   http://www.annenberg.northwestern.edu/pubs/violence/

» Violent Media is Good for Kids
   Author Gerard Jones argues that violence in video games and other media give children a tool to master their rage.
   http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2000/06/violent_media.html