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To the Editor: Previous studies suggest that children imitate behavior such as violence and tobacco use shown in media.^1-6 Of popular G- and PG-rated movies released during 1995-1997, 40% depicted firearms.⁷ We examined movies released during 1998-2002 to determine whether the depiction of firearms in children’s movies has changed.

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The study protocol remained unchanged from the 1995-1997 study.⁸ For each year in 1998-2002, we selected the 25 G- or PG-rated movies with the highest annual domestic box-office gross.⁹ To be consistent with the first study, we excluded movies or scenes not set in the present day (1992-2002) or that were animated. The coding unit was a person-scene, defined as a scene in which 1 person was involved in an activity of interest. For example, a person handling a firearm would be counted as 1 person-scene; 4 persons handling firearms in a single scene would be counted as 4 person-scenes. Possession . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Leigh T. Ramsey, PhD
ltramsey@cdc.gov

Andrew R. Pelletier, MD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Ga

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