"One of the key issues in examining the impact of small arms on children is the role of the media. The following is a resource guide to some materials that are relevant to considering the need for education programmes on media violence and small arms. Research has now confi rmed the link between media violence and aggressive behaviour. If young people also have ready access to guns, then the likelihood of violent behaviour, against themselves and others, increases. Most of the resources are from the USA, with the exception of the UNESCO study; however, US media, films, TV, video and computer games are increasingly available to children all over the world, so the US research data is relevant. Any programme designed to respond to the problem of small arms, be it education for children and youth, awareness raising for adults or advocacy, needs to take into account the role of the media in creating acceptance of the use of weapons to resolve confl icts and in supporting certain masculine roles." (Introduction)