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Report of he Royal Commission on Violence in the Ontario Communications Industry Volume Violence in Print and Music f^ \ \C A .^ '# 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. Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2010 witii funding from Tine Law Foundation of Ontario & tine Ontario Council of University Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/violenceinprintm04onta 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.

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