Stop teaching our kids to kill : a call to action against TV, movie & video game violence / Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano.

By:

Grossman, Dave, 1956-

Contributor(s):

DeGaetano, Gloria

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Crown Publishers, c1999.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:

0609606131
9780609606131

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

302.23/083

LOC classification:

HQ 784 G878s 1999

Contents:

Acknowledgments Introduction "Observations from Jonesboro, Arkansas" / by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman "Paying attention to the evidence" / by Gloria DeGaetano It's a violent world after all Not just a "toaster with pictures" Pretending to be Freddy Krueger "It's important to feel something when you kill" Don't just stand there ... do something! A definition of media violence Voices of concern about on-screen violence A chronology of major findings, statements, and actions on media violence, 1952-1999 Where to voice your concerns Media literacy and violence prevention organizations Notes Selected bibliography Index

Summary: There is perhaps no bigger or more important issue in America at present than youth violence. Jonesboro; Paducah; Pearl, Mississippi; Stamps, Arkansas; Conyers, Georgia; and, of course, Littleton, Colorado. We know them all too well, and for all the wrong reasons: kids, some as young as eleven years old, taking up arms and, with deadly, frightening accuracy, murdering anyone in their paths. What is going on? According to the authors, there is blame to be laid right at the feet of the makers of violent video games (called "murder trainers" by one expert), the TV networks, and the Hollywood movie studios -- the people responsible for the fact that children witness literally thousands of violent images a day. The authors offer incontrovertible evidence, much of it based on recent major scientific studies and empirical research, that movies, TV, and video games are not just conditioning children to be violent -- and unaware of the consequences of that violence -- but are teaching the very mechanics of killing. Their book is a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping America's youth. And, most important, it is a blueprint for us all on how that can be achieved

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HQ 784 G878s 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000029131

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185) and index.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
"Observations from Jonesboro, Arkansas" / by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
"Paying attention to the evidence" / by Gloria DeGaetano
It's a violent world after all
Not just a "toaster with pictures"
Pretending to be Freddy Krueger
"It's important to feel something when you kill"
Don't just stand there ... do something!
A definition of media violence
Voices of concern about on-screen violence
A chronology of major findings, statements, and actions on media violence, 1952-1999
Where to voice your concerns
Media literacy and violence prevention organizations
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index

There is perhaps no bigger or more important issue in America at present than youth violence. Jonesboro; Paducah; Pearl, Mississippi; Stamps, Arkansas; Conyers, Georgia; and, of course, Littleton, Colorado. We know them all too well, and for all the wrong reasons: kids, some as young as eleven years old, taking up arms and, with deadly, frightening accuracy, murdering anyone in their paths. What is going on? According to the authors, there is blame to be laid right at the feet of the makers of violent video games (called "murder trainers" by one expert), the TV networks, and the Hollywood movie studios -- the people responsible for the fact that children witness literally thousands of violent images a day. The authors offer incontrovertible evidence, much of it based on recent major scientific studies and empirical research, that movies, TV, and video games are not just conditioning children to be violent -- and unaware of the consequences of that violence -- but are teaching the very mechanics of killing. Their book is a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping America's youth. And, most important, it is a blueprint for us all on how that can be achieved

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