Media Violence | Media Literacy Education Can Address The Problem Of Media Violence

In the following viewpoint, taken from testimony before a U.S. Senate committee, Elizabeth Thoman argues that media literacy education can be an effective antidote to the negative social effects of media violence. She advocates programs that teach students of all ages to critically view and assess the media images they perceive, to distinguish between real and staged violence, and to make informed choices about what they read, hear, and see. Such education,Thoman asserts, will counteract the harmful lessons she believes many television programs teach about violence. In addition, she...

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