Ebook: Stop teaching our kids to kill: a call to action against TV, movie & video game violence

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.