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“Media ecology looks into the matter of how media of communication affect human perception, understanding, feeling, and value; and how our interaction with media facilitates or impedes our chances of survival.” Neil Postman

available from the Media Education Foundation

• War Games: Thinking Critically About Video Games That Play at War
• 20 Ways to Be a Media Activist
• Media Violence and Children: Statistics
• How to be a Critical Media Viewer

available from the National Institute of Media and the Family

• Computer and Video Game Addiction
• Television and Obesity Among Children
• Children and Media Violence
• History of Television
• Televison's Effect on Reading and Academic Achievement
• Media Use
• Music and Children
• Children and Television
• Taming the Video Game Tiger
• 12 Tips for Taming the Tube
• Safety Tips for Surfing the Net
• Mind Games