Introduction
Chapter One - Teachers Today - Who Are They? : Community Erosion and Countervailing Forces : Examining the Medium for the Message : The Broad Picture : Common Themes : Confusion over Educational Goals : Market-Place Values Invading the Classroom
Chapter Two - Media in Contemporary Capitalism : The Manufacture of Consent : Economic Trends Violent Underpinnings
Chapter Three - The LaMarsh Commission Mandate : Appointment of the Commission : Methods and Scope of the LaMarsh Commission Research : The Final Report : The LaMarsh Commission's Research Analysis : Content : Formularization : The Key to Television Programming: Effects of Media Violence : The Interwoven Pattern Industry and Policy : The LaMarsh Commission Conclusions : The LaMarsh Commission Recommendations : A New System Legislation : Financial Incentives : Research, Education, and Public Awareness : The Role of Parents
Chapter Four - Developments Since the LaMarsh Commission : The LaMarsh Centre Research on Pornography : New Initiatives Elsewhere : New Methodologies and Old Responses : Surveys and Polls : Psychiatric Approaches : Sociological and Other Related Approaches : The Concept of Ideological Child Abuse : Hegemony and the Mass Media : Cultural Studies Media Literacy: Courses in the Schools : AML Leadership
Chapter Five - The Ascendancy of Pornography : Another Subject of Controversy : Fraser Committee Ignores Research Findings : Industry Orchestrated Opposition to New Legislation : More Federal Initiatives : Renewed Public Debate over Definitions : Impact of New Child Pornography Legislation : More Manifestations of the Problem : Exploiting the Threat of Censorship for Profit
Chapter Six - Other Modest Gains : Legislation for the Protection of Children : Advertising Directed to Children : Landmark Court Precedents : Legal Trends in Other Jurisdictions : Converging Exploitation
Chapter Seven - Another Round of Public Protest : A New Code on Violence : The Canadian Broadcast Standards Classification of Films, Videos and Television Programming : The Bird Committee Report on Television Violence : Freedom with Responsibility: Can it Work? : News Media Concentration Accelerates
Chapter Eight - Our Changing Social Fabric : A Global Perspective : Redefining Our Social Contract : Communications Management: A Global Challenge : Federal Regulatory Initiatives in Canada : Concurrent Global Initiatives : Minimal Response from All Levels of Government : Untapped Potential for Leadership in Canada : Advertising and Reporting the Evidence : Shifting the Onus of Responsibility onto Parents
Chapter Nine - New Insights What have we Learned? : Responsible : Re-Regulation : Community Dialogue with Industry: How Meaningful Is It? : Re-examining Our Civil Liberties : Progress Toward Harm Based Definitions : Freedom of Expression Not Corporate Freedom of Enterprise : Full Cost Accounting : The Cultural Revolution : Canadian Support for the Cultural Environmental Movement : The Information Super Highway: Who Will Define Content? : Trends Within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation : Public Funds for Canadian Content
Chapter Ten - Education for Social Change : Conclusion and Recommendations : Applied Research and Development : Better Contributions from Non Government Organizations : Governance for Public Education and Protection : Industry Initiatives and Accountability : Classification Boards and Criteria Regulation of Production, Distribution and Retailing
Appendices
A Review of the Literature: Historical Underpinnings : Multifarious evidence : A Subject of Controversy : Persistence in Research Despite Industry Opposition : The Catharsis Theory
B Canadians Concerned About Violence In Entertainment C-CAVE
C Peoples' Communication Charter CEMD Viewers' Declaration of Independence
Index