Aletha C. Huston, Dolf Zillmann, Jennings Bryant

• Contents: Preface. Part I: Media and the Family.A.C. Huston, D. Zillmann, J. Bryant, Media Influence, Public Policy, and the Family. M.S. Andreasen, Patterns of Family Life and Television Consumption From 1945 to the 1990s. T. Skill, Family Images and Family Actions as Presented in the Media: Where We've Been and What We've Found. A. Alexander, The Effect of Media on Family Interaction. R. Kubey, Media Implications for the Quality of Family Life. Part II: Developmental and Educational Implications.A.C. Huston, J.C. Wright, Educating Children With Television: The Forms of the Medium. E.E. Allen, Strategies for the 1990s: Using the Media for Good. D.G. Singer, J.L. Singer, Evaluating the Classroom Viewing of a Television Series: "Degrassi Junior High." C. Ashbach, Media Influences and Personality Development: The Inner Image and the Outer World. Part III: Effects of Violence and Horror.A.P. Derdeyn, J.M. Turley, Television, Films, and the Emotional Life of Children. J. Cantor, Confronting Children's Fright Responses to Mass Media. R.G. Geen, Television and Aggression: Recent Developments in Research and Theory. Part IV: Sexual Content and Family Context.B.S. Greenberg, Content Trends in Media Sex. J. Bryant, S.C. Rockwell, Effects of Massive Exposure to Sexually Oriented Prime-Time Television Programming on Adolescents' Moral Judgment. Part V: Effects of Erotica and Pornography.D. Zillmann, Erotica and Family Values. J.B. Weaver, III, Pornography and Sexual Callousness: The Perceptual and Behavioral Consequences of Exposure to Pornography. V.B. Cline, Pornography Effects: Empirical and Clinical Evidence. M.D. Reed, Pornography Addiction and Compulsive Sexual Behavior. J.S. Lyons, R.L. Anderson, D.B. Larson, A Systematic Review of the Effects of Aggressive and Nonaggressive Pornography. Part VI: Social Awareness and Public Policy.J.A. Reisman, Child Pornography in Erotic Magazines, Social Awareness, and Self-Censorship. R. Showers, Research, Public Policy, and Law: Combination for Change.

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