report of the royal commission on violence in the communications industry.

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Report of
he Royal Commission on
Violence in the
Ontario
Communications Industry
Volume
Violence in
Print and Music
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Report of
The Royal Commission on
Violence in the
Communications Industry
Volume
Violence in
Print and Music
Published by
The Royal Commission on Violence
in the Communications Industry
Printed by
J. C. Thatcher,
Queen's Printer for Ontario
Available from the
Publications Centre
Ministry of Government Services
Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
or
Ontario Government Book Store
800 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario
The Roval Commission on Violence in the
Communications Industry was established by Order in
Council in May 1975 and published an Interim Report
in January 1976. It held hearings throughout the
Province of Ontario from October 1975 to May 1976.
A selection of public briefs, reports of foreign
consultations and the conclusions and
recommendations of The Royal Commission on
Violence in the Communications Industry are
published in Volume I. which is available in French
and in English.
The Commission's Bibliography comprises Volume II.
Twenty-eight independent studies of the media were
undertaken for The Commission and are contained in
Volumes III to VII.
Order-in-Council
OrJer-in-Council approved hv Her Honour the Lieutenant
Governor, dated the 7th day of May, AD. 1975.
Upon the recommendation of the Honourable the Premier, the
Committee in 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, QC., 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 industry; 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 any
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 staff,
secretarial and otherwise, and technical advisers as they deem proper,
at rates of remuneration and reimbursement to be approved by the
Management Board of Cabinet.
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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. Fonts
Related to the Communications Industry Television and the Family as Agents for
Socialization— F. Rainsberry
Violence, the Media and Mental Disorder—
2 Violence and the Media: A Bibliography J. Renner
InstitutionaUzed Populations' Views on
3 Violence in Television, Films and News
Violence and the Media—J. Renner
A Content Analysis of Entertainment Viewers' Perceptions of Selected Television
Television Programming—T.M. Williams, M.
Programs—E. Tate
Zabrack, L. Joy
Television Crime Drama: A Mythological 7 The Media Industries: From Here to Where?
Interpretation —J. Taylor A Descriptive Study of Perceptions and
Images of Different Worlds: An Analysis of Attitudes among Journahsts in Ontario—
English-and-French-language Television— A.M. Osier
A.H. Caron (in French and English) An Analysis of Some News-flow Patterns and
A Content Analysis of Feature Films—J. Linton Influences in Ontario—A.M. Osier
and G. Jowett Economic Determinants of Violence in
Content Analysis of the News Media: Television and Motion Pictures and the
Newspapers and Television—D. Gordon and B. Implications of Newer Technologies—
Singer H. Edmunds and J. Strick
Content Analysis of the News Media: Future Mass Media—G. Thompson
Radio— D. Gordon and L. Ibson Alternatives for Canadian Television—
S. Griffiths (in English and French)
4 Violence in Print and Music
Constitutional Jurisdiction over Violence in the
The Control of Mass Entertainment Media in
Mass Media Industries— P. Hogg
Canada, the United States and Great Britain:
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-Claire England
Magazines and Violence—E. Beattie
Violence and Popular Music—P. Goddard
*Ce volume est public egalemeni enfranfais.