Books

Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano, Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence. New York: Crown Publishers, 1999. Accuses the media of conditioning children to be violent and—in the case of video games—actually teaching them shooting skills. Provides background information on studies supporting a link between media violence and real-life violence.

Gerard Jones, Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence. New York: Basic Books, 2002. Defends the presence of violence in the media, asserting that make-believe violence is a necessary part of growing up.

Eric D. Nuzum, Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America. New York: Perennial, 2001. An overview of the history of rock and roll music and how it has been challenged, suppressed, legislated, and banned in the United States.

James D. Torr, ed., Violence in Film and...