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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 affect of TV violence on children. http://www.abelard.org/tv/tv.htm

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

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/

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

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/

MediaChannel.org: Media Mayhem Debates whether violent media creates a violent culture or whether society avoids its real problems by blaming the media. http://www.mediachannel.org/atissue/sample3/

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

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

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

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

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 Washington Program 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. (June 28, 2000) http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2000/06/violent_media.html