Particip@tions Vol. 1 (1): St Louis Court Brief Contents

Reviews

□ The St Louis Court Brief: Debating audience 'effects' in public

Particip@tions Volume 1, Issue 1 (November 2003)

No. 02-3010, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Brief Amici Curiae of Thirty-three Media Scholars* in Interactive Digital Software Association, et al. v. St. Louis County, et al.

On Appeal From a Judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division

September 24, 2002

□ Part 1	*Scholars joining the Brief
□ Part 2	Table of Authorities
□ Part 3	Interests of the Amici Curiae & Summary of the Argument
□ Part 4	Argument
	I: Research on violent video games has not demonstrated real-world harm
	II: Media-effects research overall has not demonstrated that violent entertainment causes real-world harm Most studies have negative results Occasional positive results do not establish real-world harm
	III: The functions of fantasy violence
	Conclusion
□ Part 5	Footnotes
□ Part 6	Appendix: Bibliographies of the Amici