About-Face is a media literacy organization focused on the impact mass media has on the physical, mental and emotional well being of women and girls. Through practical and activist methods we challenge our culture's overemphasis on physical appearance. By encouraging critical thinking about the media, and personal empowerment, About-Face works to engender positive body-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds. About-Face provides a place where all women count, from the tiniest amo

Provides research and education on media's effect on families. KidScore - Online content-based rating system that evaluates television & movies from a family-friendly perspective.

For Release: September 11, 2000 FTC Releases Report on the Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children Study Finds Companies in Motion Picture, Music Recording and Electronic Game Industries Routinely Target Children Under 17; Retailers Make Little Effort to Restrict Access to Violent Material Commission Calls for Additional Industry Steps to Improve Existing Rating Systems The Federal ...

Document publicising the correlative relationships between violence and observing violence, with particular focus on visual fictional violence.

IOANNIDIS NIKOLAOS homepage Essay on Media Violence by IOANNIDIS NIKOLAOS (Composer, lyricist, guitar soloist, multi-instrumentalist) (BA Music & Media, University of Sussex - MA Digital Media, University of Sussex) Other works by IOANNIDIS NIKOLAOS: CD ALBUM: BE A MASTER OF YOUR FATE! CD ALBUM: AREN'T YOU FED UP On line ESSAYS BY IOANNIDIS NIKOLAOS Lyrics by Ioannidis Nikolaos A reconstruction ...

A Freedom investigation shows that the divergent scenes in society s seemingly random patchwork quilt of senseless youth violence contain a common thread. More significantly, that common thread has been detectable but has been ignored or concealed by those who have a professional responsibility to reveal it to the public.

The primary focus of the Community Learning Network (CLN) is to help K-12 teachers integrate Information Technology into their classrooms. 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 ...

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. ...

Rocky Mountain Media Watch Texts #6 Statement: 5/24/99 TV News and the Culture of Violence by Paul Klite In the aftermath of the Columbine High School tragedy in Colorado, a broad national debate has developed to intervene in the American culture of violence. Many fingerprints are on the proverbial trigger -- inadequate parenting; the availability of guns; alienation of youth; mental illness, ...

The Nieman Foundation elevates journalism standards through publications, seminars, conferences and fellowships.

A worldwide network for understanding and reform of the media.