Violence in the media a reference handbook

1. History of violence in the media -- Congressional hearings and legislation -- Hearings during the 1950s -- Hearings during the 1960s -- The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence -- The program on television and social behavior -- Hearings during the 1970s -- Hearings during the 1980s -- Hearings during the 1990s -- Why media violence matters : theoretical perspectives -- Social learning theory -- Priming, schemas, and scripts -- Disinhibition or habituation -- Cultivation theory -- Catharsis -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. What we know about media violence -- Media content -- Violence on television -- The context of violence -- Who is involved -- Violence in video games -- How media violence affects us -- Aggression and aggressive behavior -- Desensitization -- Fear -- Who will be influenced? -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Media content -- Measuring violence -- Unitization and sampling -- Media effects -- Experimental studies -- Cultivation analysis -- Solutions -- Content -- Ratings systems and the V-chip -- Do ratings help? -- Video game ratings -- Media literacy -- References -- 4. Chronology.

5. Biographical sketches -- Sandra Ball-Rokeach (1941- ) -- Albert Bandura (1925- ) -- Leonard Berkowitz (1926- ) -- Jane D. Brown (1950- ) -- Joanne Cantor (1945- ) -- Brandon S. Centerwall (1954- ) -- Peggy Charren (1928- ) -- George Comstock (1932- ) -- Cultural Indicators Research Team -- Leonard Eron (1920- ) -- Seymour Feshbach (1925- ) -- Jib Fowles (no date) -- Jonathan L. Freedman (no date) -- George Gerbner (1919- ) -- Rowell Huesmann (1943- ) -- Dale Kunkel (1954- ) -- Edward J. (Ed) Markey (1946- ) -- John Murray (1943- ) -- National Television Violence Study Consortium -- John O. Pastore (1907-2000) -- W. James Potter (no date) -- Eli A. Rubinstein (1919- ) -- Paul Simon (1928-2003) -- Dorothy Singer (1927- ) -- Jerome L. Singer (1924- ) -- Victor C. Strasburger, M.D. (1949- ) -- Elizabeth Thoman (1943- ) -- Jack Valenti (1921- ) -- Ellen Wartella (1949- ) -- References -- 6. Facts and figures -- Update of Cultural Indicators project analyses -- Background Information on the Violence Profile and Violence Index -- Trends in the portrayal of violence -- Characters' involvement in violence : demographic differences -- The National Television Violence Study -- References -- 7. Organizations and websites -- 8. Video and film resources -- Films for the Humanities and Sciences, individual documentaries, series -- The Center for Media Literacy -- Media Education Foundation -- California Newsreel -- Additional producers/distribution sources -- 9. Print resources and annotated bibliography -- Government commissions and related publications -- Media industry -- Organizations and reports -- Scholarly works -- Trade books -- Video games.