Children in the New Media Landscape. Games Pornography Perceptions

We are pleased to present a third Yearbook. The 2000 Yearbook treats two themes, both of which relate to newer features of the media landscape: violence in video and computer games, and pornography on television and on Internet. Some articles in the Yearbook also discuss findings on audience perceptions of violence and sex in the media. The choice of these themes has to do with the marked increase in the availability of such content to children and youth via new media technologies.The Yearbook comes with two bibliographies: Research on Pornography and Sex in the Media and Research on Video and Computer Games

Content

Foreword
Ulla Carlsson

Electronic Games, Pornography, Perceptions. Introduction
Cecilia von Feilitzen

Violence in Video and Computer Games

The Monster Massacre or What Is a Violent Electronic Game?
Jan Christofferson

Video Game Violence and Aggression. A Review of Research
Mark Griffiths

Killing Time? A Canadian Meditation on Video Game Culture
Stephen Kline

Video Games and Violence. Controversy and Research in Japan
Akira Sakamoto

Computer Games and Aggression. Research in Australia and New Zealand (-1998)
Kevin Durkin, Jason Low

To Kill or Not To Kill. Competitive Aggression in Australian Adolescent Males during Videogame Play
Alexander Ask, Martha Augoustinos, Anthony H. Winefield

Boys, Girls and Violent Video Games. The Views of Dutch Children
Peter Nikken

New Media and Young People in Sweden
Peter Petrov

It Isn’t Real. Children, Computer Games, Violence and Reality
Birgitte Holm Sørensen, Carsten Jessen

Perceptions of Video Games among Spanish Children and Parents
Ferran Casas

Violent Elements in Computer Games. An Analysis of Games Published in Denmark
Lisbeth Schierbeck, Bo Carstens

Classifications of Interactive Electronic Media
Jan Christofferson

Pornography and Sex in the Media

Effects of Sexual Content in the Media on Children and Adolescents
Ellen Wartella, Ronda Scantlin, Jennifer Kotler, Aletha C. Huston, Edward Donnerstein

Sexual Messages on Entertainment TV in the U.S.A.
Dale Kunkel, Kirstie Cope, Wendy Farinola, Erica Biely, Emma Rollin, Edward Donnerstein

Does Pornography Influence Sexual Activities?
Margareta Forsberg

What Is the Internet? Basic Technology from the User’s Perspective
Ragnhild T. Bjørnebekk, Tor A. Evjen

Sex on the Internet. Issues, Concerns and Implications
Mark Griffiths

Violent Pornography on the Internet. A Study of Accessibility and Prevalence
Tor A. Evjen, Ragnhild T. Bjørnebekk

Paedophile Information Networks in Cyberspace
Rachel O’Connell

Child Sex Iconography. Iconic Narratives of Child Sex Myths
Rachel O’Connell

The Naked, Hairy Caveman. Child Abuse on the Internet
Carlos A. Arnaldo

Audience Perceptions of Violence and Sex in the Media

The Audience’s Perception of Media Violence. Review of Research in the UK
Andrea Millwood Hargrave

Violence on Chilean Television and Audience Perception
Veronica Silva, Maria Dolores Souza

Censorship and the Third-Person Effect. A Study of Perception of Television Influence in Singapore
Albert C. Gunther, Peng Hwa Ang

Attitudes to Television Content in Australia
Margaret Cupitt

Contents in Context. A Study on Canadian Family Discourse about Media Practices in the Home
André H. Caron, Letizia Caronia

The Internet and the Family. The View of U.S. Parents
Joseph Turow, Lilach Nir

U.S. Adults and Kids on New Media Technology

Kids Discuss Safety on the Internet.
Children’s Express

Opinions in Australia, Germany and the U.S. on Control of Misuse on the Internet
Jens Waltermann, Marcel Machill

The Protection of Minors in the Public Opinion. An Austrian Perspective
Ingrid Geretschlaeger

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