LSCI 100

Final Project

By Thomas Bradley


RESEARCH QUESTION:

How does the portrayal of drug use and violence in television and films affect today’s youth?

          

SEARCH WORKSHEET

CONCEPT #

Search Terms

 

1

drug

druggie

drug dealer

addict

violen*

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film

movie

television

cable

box office

3

youth

children

minors

kids

young people

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alexander, Alison, and Jarice Hanson. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Mass Media and Society. Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing, 1997.

 

“American Youth & the News Media.”  Media Scope. 4 Oct. 1999.  29 Nov. 2005.  <http://www.mediascope.org/pubs/ibriefs/aynm.htm>.

 

Delva, Jorge. “The Epidemiology of Alcohol, Marijuana, and Cocaine Use among Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, and Other Latin American Eighth-Grade Students in the United States.” The American Journal of Public Health 95.4 (April 2005): 696+. InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale Group. Skyline College Library.  29 Nov. 2005. <http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/509/408/72977999w2/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A131235912&dyn=10!xrn_6_0_A131235912?sw_aep=plan_skyline.html>.

 

Levine, Madeline. Viewing Violence: How Media Affects Your Child’s Development. New York: Doubleday Publishing, 1996.

 

Rosenbaum, David. “Protecting Children, Tempting Pandora: Government Censorship of Sex and Violence in Mass Media.” The New York Times 27 June 2001: B1+. InfoTrac Newspapers. Gale Group. Skyline College Library. 29 Nov. 2005.  <http://web4.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/225/170/76146617w4/purl=rc1_SP00_0_A76108974&dyn=3!dgxrn_"Arts+and+Entertainment"_1_0_A76108974?sw_aep=plan_skyline>.

 

“Substance Use in Popular Movies and Music.” Media Campaign. 23 Aug. 2002. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. 29 Nov. 2005. <http://www.mediacampaign.org/publications/movies/movie_partII.html>.

 

Terry, Yvonne M. “Which Substance and What Community? Differences in Juvenile Disposition Severity.” Crime and Delinquency 51.4 (October 2005): 548+. InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale Group. Skyline College Library. 29 Nov. 2005.  <http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/509/408/72977999w2/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A137014115&dyn=10!xrn_1_0_A137014115?sw_aep=plan_skyline.html>.

 

 

 

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last revised: 11-18-05 by Eric Brenner & Dennis Wolbers, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
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