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Beyond Blame: Challenging Violence in the Media. Leader's Guide D: Teen/Adult Classes and Groups.
Osborn, Barbara Bliss – 1995
This guide provides an approach for high school educators and instructors of adult learners to teach media literacy and promote an informed public conversation about the impact of violent imagery in the culture today. Five key goals govern the program: (1) to reduce exposure to media violence; (2) to change the impact of violent images that are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Antisocial Behavior, Conflict Resolution, High Schools
Beyond Blame: Challenging Violence in the Media. Teacher's Guide B: Elementary School Classes and Groups (Grades 4 and 5).
English, Jill; Levin, P. Rachel – 1995
This guide provides an approach for teachers of grades 4-5 to teach media literacy and promote an informed public conversation about the impact of violent imagery in our culture today. Five key goals govern the program: (1) to reduce exposure to media violence; (2) to change the impact of violent images that are seen; (3) to locate and explore…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Conflict Resolution, Grade 4, Grade 5
Beyond Blame: Challenging Violence in the Media. Leader's Guide E: Parent/Caregiver Classes and Groups.
Thoman, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1995
This program provides a new framework and approach for breaking the cycle of blame surrounding violent imagery in the culture and promotes an informed and rational public conversation about the topic. The goals of the program are to: (1) reduce exposure to media violence; (2) change the impact of violent images that are seen; (3) locate and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Mass Media, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role
Parenting in a TV Age: A Media Literacy Program for Parents. A Media Literacy Workshop Kit on Children and Television.
Davis, J. Francis; And Others – 1991
This workshop kit consists of: (1) "Leader's Guide"; (2) "Handout Masters"; (3) special issue of the journal "Media & Values" on the theme "Children and Television: Growing Up in a Media World"; (4) "From Awareness to Action: Media Literacy for the '90s," a booklet on the basics of media literacy. The kit is designed for a four-part study of the…
Descriptors: Advertising, Antisocial Behavior, Commercial Television, Mass Media
Implications of Media Research for the Instructional Application of Computers with Young Children.
Clements, Douglas H. – Educational Technology, 1984
Reviews salient findings of media research involving young children and discusses implications of these findings for future research and applications in instructional computing. Effects of television viewing on attention and comprehension, achievement, development of mental skills, and behavior and socioemotional development, and comparative media…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attention, Behavior Development, Childrens Television
Mass Media and the Fear of Crime.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Heath, Linda; Gilbert, Kevin – American Behavioral Scientist, 1996
Provides an overview of the research on mass media effects on perceptions of crime danger, personal fear of crime, and reactions to crime risk. Discovers that mass media effects involve a number of variables and moderators. These include audience characteristics, degree and type of coverage, and location. (MJP)
Descriptors: Audience Response, Crime, Cultural Influences, Fear
Beyond Blame: Challenging Violence in the Media. Teacher's Guide C: Middle School Classes and Groups (Grades 6 through 8).
English, Jill; Levin, P. Rachel – 1995
This teacher's guide provides an approach for teachers of grades 6-8 to teach media literacy and promote an informed public conversation about the impact of violent imagery in the culture today. Five key goals govern the program: (1) to reduce exposure to media violence; (2) to change the impact of violent images that are seen; (3) to locate and…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Community Cooperation, Conflict Resolution, Crime