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Firearm Use in G- and PG-Rated Movies, 2003-2007
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To the Editor: In 2005, 1453 firearm deaths occurred among children in the United States, accounting for 8.2% of deaths among persons aged 1 to 17 years.1 Mass media have been reported to influence children's behavior toward violence.2 From 1995 to 2002, 34% of the G- and PG-rated movies with the highest US box-office gross revenues depicted use of firearms.3-4 We examined movies released during 2003 through 2007 to determine whether depiction of firearms in movies marketed for children had changed.
Methods
The study used the original protocol from the 1995-1997 study.5 We identified the 25 G- or PG-rated movies for 2003-2007 with the highest annual domestic box-office gross revenues for a total sample size of 125 movies.6 Movies or scenes were excluded if they were animated, were not set in the present day (within 10 years of a movie's release), or were documentaries. The coding unit was person-scene, defined as . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Jon Eric Tongren, PhD, MSPH
jjt9@cdc.gov
Epidemic Intelligence Service
Office of Workforce and Career Development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
Anne Sites, MPH;
Katharyn Zwicker
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Augusta
Andrew Pelletier, MD, MPH
Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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