Introduction 1 Teachers Today - Who Are They? - New Technologies Are Never Neutral - Popular Culture - What is it? - Trump as the New Postmodernist - Media Violence - What is it? 2 Media in Contemporary Capitalism - The Manufacture of Consent - Economic Trends - Violent Underpinnings 3 The La Marsh Commission Research on Media Violence - Methods and Scope of the Inquiry - Findings on Effects - Research Analysis - Content - Formularization - Preliminary Findings - The Interwoven Pattern - Industry and Policy - Conclusions - Legislation - Education and Public Awareness - The Role of Parents 4 Mixed Responses - The La Marsh Centre - Research on Pornography - New Initiatives Elsewhere - More Evidence of Harmful Effects - Surveys and Polls - Psychiatric Approaches - Sociological Approaches - The Concept of Ideological Child Abuse - Cultural Studies - Media Literacy Courses in Schools 5 Pornography on the Rise - Fraser Commission Ignores Research Findings - Industry Orchestrated Opposition to New Legislation - The Debate Over Definitions - New Legislation on Child Pornography - Proliferation of the Problem -Exploiting the Threat of Censorship for Profit - Corporate Greed with Municipal Collusion 6 The Art of Diffusing Public Protest - A New Code on Violence - The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council - Industry Freedom without Regulation- Can it Work? - Classification of Films, Videos and TV Programming - Generous Subsidies for Industry - Municipal Responses 7 Marginal Gains - Industry Overhaul In Canada - Calls for a CRTC Mandate Update - Legislation for the Protection of Children - Advertising Directed to Children - Landmark Court Precedents - Legal Trends on Media Violence in the U.S. - Converging Exploitation 8 New Insights into Old Habits - Lessons Learned - Community Dialogue with Industry - How Meaningful is it? - Full Cost Accounting - Our Fraying Social Fabric - Forging Ahead 9 What Next? - Launching the Cultural Revolution - Who Should Define Content? - Better Education - Some Alternatives - Applied Research and Development - Better Contributions from Non-Governmental Organizations - Criteria for Classification Boards - Governance for Public Education and Protection.