report of the royal commission on violence in the communications industry

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/iolence in the
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Communications Industry
Volume
Violence in
Television
Films andNews
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Report of
The Royal Commission on
Violence in the
Communications Industry
Volume
Violence in
Television
Films and News
Published hs
The Roval Commission on Violence
m ihe Communications Industry
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J C Thatcher.
Queens Printer lor Ontario
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Publications Centre
Ministrs of Cjovernment Services
Queen's Park
Toronto. Ontario
or
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880 Bay Street
Toronto. Ontario
The Roval Commission on Violence in the
Communications Industry was established by Order in
Council in Ma\ {')!> and published an Interim Report
in Januarv 1976. It held hearings throughout the
Province of Ontario from October 1975 to May 197b.
A selection of public briefs, reports of foreign
consultations and the conclusions and
recommendations of The Royal Commission on
\ lolence in the Communications Industry are
published in Volume I. which is available in French
and in English
The Commissions Bibliography comprises Volume II
Twentv-eighl independent studies ol the media were
undertaken lor The Commission and are contained in
Volumes III to VII
Order-in-Council
Order-in-Council approved by Her Honour the Lieuienuni
Governor, dared the 7th day
of May. AD. 1975.
Upon the recommendation of the Honourable the
Premier, the
Committee m Council advise that pursuant to the provisions
of The
Public Inquiries Act, 1971, S.O. 1971. Chapter 49.
a Commission be
issued appointing
The Honourable Julia Verlyn LaMarsh.
p.c. q.c .. ll.d..
Judge Lucien Arthur Beaulieu. and
Scott Alexander Young.
and naming the said Julia Verlyn LaMarsh
as Chairman thereof, to
study the possible harm to the public interest
of the increasing
exploitation of violence in the communications
industrv; and that the
Commission be empowered and instructed:
1. to study the effects on society of the
increasing exhibition of
violence in the communications industry;
2. to determine if there is any connection
or a cause and effect
relationship between this phenomenon and
the incidence of violent
crime in society;
3. to hold public hearings to enable groups
and organizations,
individual citizens and representatives of the
industry to make known
their views on the subject;
4. to make appropriate recommendations,
if warranted, on an\
measures that should be taken by the
Government of Ontario, by
other levels of Government, by the general
public and by the
industry.
The Committee further advise that pursuant to the said Public
Inquiries Act. the said Commissioners shall have
the power of
summoning any person and requiring such person
to give evidence on
oath and to produce such documents and
things as the Commissioners
deem requisite for the full investigation of the
matters to be
examined.
And the Committee further advise that all
Government ministries,
boards, agencies and committees shall assist,
to the fullest extent, the
said Commissioners who. in order to carry
out their duties and
functions, shall have the power and authority
to engage such stafi.
secretarial and otherwise, and technical advVsers
as they deem proper,
at rates of remuneration and reimbursement
to be approved b\ the
Management Board of Cabinet.
Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive
in 2010 witii funding from
Tine Law Foundation of Ontario & tine Ontario Council of University Libraries
http://www.archive.org/details/violencetelevision03onta
The Royal Commission
on Violence in the
Communications Industry
J. V. LaMarsh, Chairman
L. A. Beaulieu, Commissioner
Scott A. Young, Commissioner
Administration
Anne Cameron. Director
Jeanne Langford*
Flora McAfee
Frances Kieran
C. Watson-White*
Robert Wright*
Public Participation
Sheila Kieran. Director
Lynda Douglas**
Louise Rabin
Patricia Robinson*
Marcia Topp**
Research
C. K. Marchant, Director
Barbara Leonard, Senior Research Associate
Gail Corbett
David Johnson
Carol Newall**
Timm Zemanek
Corinne Korzen*
Valerie Clare
Kathleen D'Souza**
Linda Gaylard
Penny Nettlefold
Kelvin Pearcey
1975
•1976
Contents of Volumes
*1 Approaches, Conclusions and Recommendations 5 Learning from the Media
The Approaches Television Violence Effects: Issues and
The Research Evidence— R. Goranson
Letting the People Speak Television and Pro-Social Behaviour—
The Conclusions P. Rushton
The Recommendations Replications of Media Violence— P. Stanley and
Selections from the Briefs B. Riera
Summary of Surveys Studies of Television and Youth Sports-
A List of Participants A. McCabe and D. Moriarty
Foreign Consultations The News Media and Perceptions of
International Agencies Violence—A. Doob and G. Macdonald
Chart: Elements in Television. Film and the Press Collective Conflict. Violence and the
in 16 Countries Media—R. Jackson. M. Kelly and T. Mitchell
Descriptions of Television. Film and the Press in
6 Vulnerability to Media Effects
16 Countries
Effects of Television on Children and Youth: A
Research Organizations
Chronology of Research, Studies and Policies Development Approach—G. Fouts
Related to the Communications Industry Television and the Family as Agents for
Socialization— F. Rainsberry
2 Violence and the Media: A Bibliography Violence, the Media and Me
ntal Disorder—
J. Renner
3 Violence in Television, Films and News
Institutionalized Populations' Views on
A Content Analysis of Entertainment
Violence and the Media—J. Renner
Television Programming—T.M. Williams. M.
Viewers' Perceptions of Selected Television
Zabrack. L. Joy
Programs— E. Tate
Television Crime Drama: A Mythological
Interpretation —J. Taylor 7 The Media Industries: From Here to Where?
Images of Different Worlds: An Analysis of
A Descriptive Study of Perceptions and
English-and-French-language Television—
Attitudes among Journalists in Ontario—
.A.H. Caron (in French and English)
A.M. Osier
A Content Analysis of Feature Films- J. Linton
An Analysis of Some News-flow Patterns and
and G. Jowett
Influences in Ontario—A.M. Osier
Content Analysis of the News Media:
Economic Determinants of Violence in
Newspapers and Television— D. Gordon and B.
Television and Motion Pictures and the
Singer
Implications of Newer Technologies—
Content Analysis of the News Media:
H. Edmunds and J. Strick
Radio— D. Gordon and L. Ibson
Future Mass Media—G. Thompson
Alternatives for Canadian Television—
4 Violence in Print and Music
S. Grifliths (in English and French)
The Control of Mass Entertainment Media in
Constitutional Jurisdiction over Violence in the
Canada, the United States and Great Britain:
Mass Media Industries— P. Hogg
Historical Surveys—G. Jowett. P. Reath and
M. Schouten
Speaking the Unspeakable: Violence in the
Literature of Our Time-R. Fulford
Violence in Literature for Children and Young
Adults-Clau-e England
Magazines and Violence— E. Beattie
Violence and Popular Music— P. Goddard
'Ce volume est public e^alemenl en fran<,ai':.