Growing up fast and furious: reviewing the impacts of violent and sexualised media on children

The chapters in this collection review the impact of violent or sexualised television, movies, video games, music and advertising on children. Chapters include: Growing up fast and furious in a media saturated world, by Wayne Warburton; Children and media violence: Behavioural and neurological effects of viewing violence, by John P Murray; The impact of violent video games: An overview, by Craig A Anderson and Wayne A Warburton; How does listening to Eminem do me any harm? What the research says about music and anti-social behaviour, by Wayne Warburton; The Internet as 'Fast and Furious' Content, by Ed Donnerstein; Messages, minds and mental contamination, by Cordelia Fine; The Impact of Sexualisation - Knowing and Seeing Too Much, by Louise Newman; Children, Media and Ethics, by Emma Rush; There Oughta Be A Law: The (potential) role of law and regulation in slowing down and calming down, by Elizabeth Handsley ; Media and Social Policy: Towards an Evidence-Based Approach to Content Regulation, by Danya Braunstein, Julia Plumb and Wayne Warburton; and, A two-edged sword? The place of the media in a child friendly society, by Alan Hayes and Carole Jean.