“What's in a Game? State Regulation of Violent Video Games and the First Amendment”

March 15, 2006

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights has scheduled a hearing on "What's in a Game? State Regulation of Violent Video Games and the First Amendment" for Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

By order of the Chairman
Witness List

Hearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights

on

"What's in a Game? Regulation of Violent Video
Games and the First Amendment"

Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226
2:00 p.m.

Panel One:

Reverend Steve Strickland
brother of Arnold Strickland, police officer killed by teenager in 2004
Fayette County, AL

Dr. Elizabeth Carll, Ph.D.
Chair of Interactive Media Committee, Media Psychology Division, American Psychological Association
Long Island, NY

Dr. Dmitri Williams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL

Dr. David Bickham, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Center on Media and Child Health
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Panel Two:

Patricia E. Vance
President, Entertainment Software Rating Board
New York, NY

Representative Jeff Johnson
Assistant Majority Leader, Minnesota House of Representatives
St. Paul, MN

Paul Smith
Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
Washington, D.C.

Professor Kevin Saunders, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Law, Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI