Mrs. Stephenson's Speech class: TV on Trial

Search terms:	Television
Broader terms:	Media News Media Mass Media Press Entertainment Industry
More specific terms:	(Television OR Media) AND ________________ (fill in with a viewpoint, i.e., children, family, psychology, psychological, politics, government, education, values etc.)
	Television broadcasting -- social aspects Television programs -- social aspects Television --psychological aspects Television in Politics
	Propaganda

SCHS Resources:

REF 361.1 PRO	Pro/Con vol 6: Media Grolier, 2002. "Do People Watch too Much Television?" "Does the V-Chip Work?" “Does Movie and Television Violence Cause Social Violence?" “Do the Media Encourage a Distorted Body Image?" Advertising and the Media
302.23 ISM	At Issue: Is Media Violence a Problem? Greenhaven Press, 2002.
302.23 MAS	Mass Media: Opposing Viewpoints Greenhaven Press, 1994 Are the Media Biased? Do the Media Accurately Reflect American Society? How do the Media Influence Society? Should the Media Be Regulated? How do the Media Affect Politics? Is Advertising Harmful to Society?
303.6 MED	Media Violence: Opposing Viewpoints Greenhaven Press, 1999 Is Violence in the Media a Serious Problem? Should Government Restrict Media Violence? How Should Society Respond to Media Violence? Does Media Violence have Artistic Value?
303.6 SHE	Violence and the Media: The question of Cause and Effect. Millbrook, 1996 Sounding the Alarm -- Violence: As Old as Time -- Growing Concerns about Television -- REal-Life Violence in the News -- Violent Sight, Violent Sounds -- Exploring the Roots of Violence -- How Media Violence Affects the Viewing Public -- What Should Be Done? -- Crime Statistics -- Places to contact
302.23 MED	The Media And Politics Greenhaven Press, 1996.
305.235 AME	The American Teenager Baby Boomers as the First Television Generation: political, social and cultural changes in American life The Media's Impact on Adolescent Body Dissatisfaction Does Media Sex Influence Young People?
791.45 LOW	Television and American Culture H.W. Wilson, 1981.

Interlibrary Loan resources:

303.6 VIO	Violence in Film and Television Greenhaven, 2002.
791.45 CHU	One Foot on the Floor: The Curious Evolution of Sex on Television from I Love Lucy to South Park TV books, 2000.
	Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence Crown Publishers 1999.

Free trial online resource: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Gale Free Database Trials for April

For history, try Infotrac

For Magazine articles, try searching EBSCO by Subject, then limiting to Fulltext articles.

Updated 3 April 2006