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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.

 

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