"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 med ... ia 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) more

"This study, ‘Media Operations during SALW Control Interventions’ attempts to encapsulate best practices for dealing with mass media outlets when implementing SALW [Small arms and light weapons] control projects. It draws on a number of communication and media operation’s studies, but draws it ... s major lessons from case studies of communication during SALW control programmes conducted in South East Europe from 2001 to 2003. The first section of this report sets out the principles for effective media work during SALW control interventions, and offers useful tools for applying them. The case studies from which the principles are derived have been included in Section Two. They summarise the experiences of project staff that have worked with the media during the recent micro-disarmament interventions in the region." (Page 1) more