In the Service of Young People?

For the present yearbook, the Clearinghouse has tried to assemble contributions by researchers from different parts of the world in order to shed light on issues of vital importance that arise when dealing with a subject such as ’media in the service of young people’. The first part of the contains articles by eminent scholars active on different continents. These articles exhibit theoretical visions and empirical examples of what constitutes – and what does not constitute – media and media contents in the service of children and youth. The researchers also reflect on measures for improving young people’s media situation in the digital age. In the second part of the book, the Clearinghouse presents various efforts to increase media and information/Internet literacy among young people, parents, media educators and media professionals by providing examples of activities, projects and resources in many countries.

Content

Acknowledgement

Foreword

Public Service on Digital Media. Letting Young People’s Situation Determine the Timing and Format?
Divina Frau-Meigs

When Childhood Gets Commercialized, Can Children Be Protected?
Juliet B. Schor

Does Polish Television Support the Socialization of Children and Youth?
Lucyna Kirwil

Harmful to Children? Drawing Conclusions from Empirical Research on Media Effects
Andrea Millwood Hargrave, Sonia Livingstone

The Arab Child and the Information Society
Mustapha Masmoudi

Divided City. Information Poverty in Nairobi’s Slums
Rasna Warah

Dream Worlds and Media Worlds. Using Drawings for Insights into the Lives of New Zealand Children
Ruth Zanker, Geoff Lealand

Bulgaria: Television versus Children
Lilia Raycheva

Money, Ratings and the Kid. Children’s Television in Asia
Kalinga Seneviratne, Indrajit Banerjee

Child Protection Issues in Chinese Media
Bu Wei

Lebanese Youth and the Media. Social and Political Influences
Magda Abu-Fadil

Learning from the Pioneers. Development of Media Education in Hong Kong and Canada
Lee Rother, C.K. Cheung

Youth Media and Media Education as Agents of Social Transformation
Lee Rother

Twenty-first Century Learners. A Need for Tech-savvy Teachers
Bonnie Bracey Sutton

Together They are Strong? Co-Regulatory Approaches for the Protection of Minors within the European Union
Thorsten Held, Wolfgang Schulz

Violence and Pornography in the Media. Public Views on the Influence Media Violence and Pornography Exert on Young People
Ulla Carlsson

New Environments of Media Exposure. Internet and Narrative Structures: from Media Education to Media Pedagogy and Media Literacy
Vitor Reia Baptista

Raising Media and Internet Literacy. Activities, Projects and Resources

• What is Media and Information Literacy?
  • I Media Literacy for Children, Young People and Parents
  • II Media Literacy for Children, Young People, Adults and Media Educators
  • III Children’s and Young People’s Own Media Production
  • IV Media Literacy for Media Professionals
  • V Internet Literacy
• References

Authors