report shows that some progress has already begun in several

areas. Attention needs to be focused on how and why some

programming has begun to move in the right direction and why

the rest has not. "What this issue needs, more than anything else, is cool heads on all sides of the problem: the network executives, the creative community, the government, researchers and advocacy groups. All sides need to worry less about how each development affects only them and instead look at the needs of everyone.

In the broadcast world, the Big Four television networks, i.e. ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC, have begun to get the public message about television violence. The programming they completely control, series and television movies, has, for the most part shown some promising signs and now reflects, on the whole, relatively few issues of concern as compared to other network television formats. I contend that this is a result of consumer pressure, rather than governmental regulation. The violence

contained in the most disturbing television series is minor in

comparison to that contained in theatrical films shown on network television. And that violence, edited as it

Violence will not and should not disappear from America's

In our schools, media literacy should never replace social

Earnest F. Hollings (D-S.C.) and Daniel K. Inouye (D-Haw.)).

Network affiliates must put pressure on the networks. Let

your station in the afternoon or very early evening." (UCLA 17)

S. 1383, 103d Cong., 1st Sess. 3 (1993) (introduced by Sens.

Telecommander or TV Guardian that not only controls which programs your children watch, but how much television and at what times. "Make your views known to television stations and broadcast networks." (UCLA 18)

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