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Violence
Violence is a general term to describe behavior, usually deliberate, that causes or intends to cause physical injury to people, animals, or non-living objects. Violence is often associated with aggression. There are essentially two kinds of violence: random violence, which describes small-scale acts of random or targeted violence, and coordinated violence, which describes actions carried out by sanctioned or unsanctioned violent groups, such as war and terrorism.
Certain forms of violence are socially and legally sanctioned, others consists of crimes within a society. Different societies apply different standards relating to approved and non-approved forms of violence. Sometimes violence that is not accepted by a society's norms is called cruel.
Violence can be unilateral, while fighting implies a reaction, at least a defensive one.
James W. Prescott was someone who performed a study about the cause of violence in the anthropological sense.
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Casandre Cohn - Essay
An in-class essay on Media Violence asking the question: Does Media cause violence in our society?
http://webpages.shepherd.edu/ccohn01/inclass.html
Media Violence and Media Literacy
An article from the American Academy of Pediatrics: Some Things You Should Know About Media Violence and Media Literacy.
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/childhealthmonth/media.htm
Media Watch
Information at this site about membership in MediaWatch, using the media effectively to promote issues of interest, talking to children about violence and sexism in the media, and a wealth of other useful resources.
http://www.mediawatch.ca/
Violence In The Media
A Personal media violence page, dedicated to bringing together various resources which can be used to study media violence.
http://www.duke.edu/~cars/vmedia.html
About-Face!
About-Face questions and satirizes negative and demeaning images of women in society.
http://www.about-face.org/
MediaForum (Formerly MediaNet)
The site includes the research, policy and opinion documents to inform users about social, economic and policy factors around media's influence in the lives of children and families.
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Media/
Student Safety on the Information Highway.
Detailed articles for teens and children about issues and ways to handle problems on the internet.
http://www.4j.lane.edu/safety/
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.nwu.edu/pubs/violence/default.htm
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
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 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/
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
Violent Media is Good for Kids
Author Gerard Jones argues that violence in videogames and other media give children a tool to master their rage.
http://www.motherjones.com/reality_check/violent_media.html
Children and TV Violence
Reviews studies on the affect of TV violence on children.
http://www.abelard.org/tv/tv.htm
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/
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
Drive-By Journalism
Contends that Rolling Stone's glam-crime reports misrepresent young people--and America's violence problem.
http://www.fair.org/extra/9901/rolling-stone.html
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
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 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 Violence to Kids
Introduces government of whether producers of violent or adult music, movies and video games are targeting kids in their advertisements.
http://www.connectforkids.org/benton_topics1544/benton_topics_show.htm?doc_id=14587
Essay on Media Violence
Includes articles on media violence and video games.
http://homoecumenicus.com/essay_ioannidis_media_violence.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
Violent Entertainment
Resources from Reason magazine countering the attacks on violence in popular culture.
http://reason.com/bi/ftc-violence.shtml
The Violence Formula
Explains how to analyze for violence in TV, movies and videos.
http://www.medialit.org/focus/viol_home.html
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