One person in the school district should be designated as the media contact. Second, schools can also lobby the media directly at every opportunity, not only for less violence on television, but also to promote the positive attributes of peace, be they programs and projects of positive actions on the part of youth or programs related to peace in and of themselves. Showcase quality learning. Letters to the editor can be utilized. Public access television presents untapped resources for positive programming.
Schools can work to make television our partners against violence.
Third, school districts can address the violence in the media directly through the school curriculum. Students should understand both the power and the technology of the mass media today. They should have enough information to make informed choices and critical judgments as to what they see and hear in the media. Fourth, and perhaps most important, school districts can also inform parents as to the violent nature of specific television programs and programming. Well informed parents may take a stronger role in determining the television choices of their chil dren and helping older children to become discriminating viewers.