
The following are links to more information on the subject
of Children and Media:
Books by our advisors
Mommy
I'm Scared: How TV and Movies Frighten Children and What We Can Do to Protect Them by
Joanne Cantor
Adolescents
and the Media: Medical and Psychological Impact by Victor Strasburger
Adolescent
Medicine: A Practical Guide by Victor Strasburger and Robert T. Brown
Aggressors, Victims and Bystanders by Ron Slaby
Early Violence Prevention : Tools for Teachers of Young Children
by Ron Slaby
Articles
Children, Adolescents, and the
Media: Five Crucial Issues
Victor C. Strasburger, M.D.
"New
television-rating system is extremely flawed", by George Gerbner. The Progressive.
Studies
The Annenberg Public
Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania publishes a number of studies on
television and children. List of reports
The Henry J. Kaiser
Family Foundation has also publishes many interesting studies, including a number of
studies on the V-Chip. List of reports
Children Now studies
several aspects of television's impact on children.
List of reports
The National Television Violence Study is
an on-going study published by
Media Scope
1997 TV Violence Report
UCLA Center for Communication Studies
Web sites
KIDSNET is a national resource for children's
television and radio. KIDSNET helps children, families and educators intelligently access
the educational opportunities available from television, radio and multimedia sources.
National Institute on Media and the Family,
publishes Kidscore ratings of television shows, video games, and movies.
The
Federal Communications Commission web site has information about the TV Parental
Ratings used by the V-Chip.
The TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board has a web
site which also discusses the TV Parental Ratings. |