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ISABEL SAWHILL: I think that all of us, when we think about the media and children, the question, particularly if you’re a parent, that you always have is “what impact does the media have on children?” You know, there’s so much sex and violence and other less-than-uplifting stuff in the media, that I think all of us sort of look at that and say “how is this affecting the development of children?” whether they be very young children or older children such as teenagers.
What’s wonderful about this volume, I think, is that it’s pulled together some of the best people in the country, most knowledgeable people, to look at what we know about that topic. And then to ask the question, a much tougher question, even, “what can we do about it?” There being various First Amendment reasons why we can’t necessarily stop some of the bad stuff that is on television or in the rest of the media, but I think what the policy brief we’re releasing today does and does very nicely is it says “let’s fight fire with fire. Let’s put some positive messages into the media and see if we can make a difference in that way.”
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