AUGUST
31 Hurricane Katrina:
controversy over news photo
descriptions;
web
vital link for news consumers
29 GLAAD'S 10TH ANNUAL STUDY
EXAMINES DIVERSITY OF THE 2005-2006 PRIMETIME TELEVISION SEASON
26 posted new Spanish ads website
25 TV in bedroom associated with lower 3rd grade test scores (APAM,
July)
21 Unhealthy products heavily featured in magazines aimed at minorities (study)
19 Video games linked
to aggression, study finds
17 added several print ads in Spanish- see Tobacco, Alcohol and Cosmetics
sections
APA urges less violent video games
(resolution)
Children
Now Report Raises Concerns about
Advertising to Kids in the Digital Age
Big
Three Anchorman Leave Sense of Loss
Junk
Food Nation: Who's to blame for childhood obesity? (cover story in The
Nation)
9 Digital Gaming in America
(survey)
8 the death of ABC newsman Peter
Jennings is announced
4 As
video gaming spreads, the debate about its social impact is intensifying (The
Economist)
Asian Americans Underrepresented on TV (news
story; study)
1 African Americans missing in
Sunday morning talk (study)
Call for papers: The
Effect of Media on Children and Adolescents; Arch Pediatr
Adolesc Med; The
April 2006 issue of ARCHIVES will be a special theme
issue devoted to the effects of media. Articles received
by
September 1, 2005
, will have the best chance of being included in this special issue.
Please consult information for authors on our Web site at www.archpediatrics.com
for guidelines on preparation and submission.