List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Media Violence and Public Policy

James T. Hamilton

Content Analysis of Entertainment Television: The Importance of Context

Barbara J. Wilson

Edward Donnerstein

Daniel Linz

Dale Kunkel

James Potter

Stacy L. Smith

Eva Blumenthal

Tim Gray

Content Analysis of Entertainment Television: New Methodological Developments

James Potter

Daniel Linz

Barbara J. Wilson

Dale Kunkel

Edward Donnerstein

Stacy L. Smith

Eva Blumenthal

Tim Gray

Content Analysis of Entertainment Television: The 1994-95 Results

Barbara J. Wilson

Stacy L. Smith

James Potter

Daniel Linz

Edward Donnerstein

Dale Kunkel

Eva Blumenthal

Tim Gray

Content Analysis of Entertainment Television: Implications for Public Policy

Dale Kunkel

Barbara J. Wilson

James Potter

Daniel Linz

Edward Donnerstein

Stacy L. Smith

Eva Blumenthal

Television Visual Violence in Reality Programs: Differences across Genres

Dominic Lasorsa

Wayne Danielson

Ellen Wartella

D. Charles Whitney

Marlies Klijn

Rafael Lopez

Adriana Olivarez

Ratings and Advisories: Implications for the New Ratings System for Television

Joanne Cantor

Kristen Harrison

Marina Krcmar

Does Viewer Discretion Prompt Advertiser Discretion? The Impact of Violence Warnings on the Television Advertising Market

James T. Hamilton

Stop the Violence: Lessons from Antiviolence Campaigns Using Mass Media

Myra Gregory Knight

Karen Kemp

Jane D. Brown

Frank Biocca

Framing of the Television Violence Issue in Newspaper Coverage

Cynthia Hoffner

A First Glance at the Constitutionality of the V-Chip Ratings System

Matthew L. Spitzer

List of Contributors

Index