Study shows viewing films can improve child literacy Films, television and computer games, are now “fundamental” to what it means to be literate in the 21st Century, according to the authors of a report out today. The joint publication, by the University of Sheffield and the United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA), claims that government policy […]
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) is part of UK police and is dedicated to protecting children from sexual abuse wherever they may be. That means building intelligence around the risks, tracking and bringing offenders to account either directly or with local and international forces and working with children and parents to deliver our […]
OfCom: Media Literacy E-Bulletin (October 2008)
OfCom October 2008 edition of media literacy e-bulletin. This issue reports on the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS); Gordon Brown, Ed Balls and Jacqui Smith launching of the UKCCIS at the Science Museum in London ;the launching of the Demos ‘Video Republic’ report; and teenage British YouTube vloggers success with over 80,000 subscribers; […]
The Annenberg Oxford 2008 Summer Institute
The annual Institute brings together young scholars and regulators from around the world to discuss important recent trends in technology and its influence on information policy. The sessions deal with recent problems in internet regulation and net neutrality, satellite delivery of information, emerging issues in the structuring of the mobile industry and its delivery of […]
Media CSR Forum
“The “Media corporate social responsibility (CSR) forum” is a group of media organisations developing CSR and sustainability practices and understanding for the UK media sector. The Forum was established in 2001 following recognition that the practice of CSR and sustainability for media companies has many unique features that sets it apart from traditional industry and […]
Ofcom: Media Literacy E-Bulletin – Issue 13, September 2008
“Introduction: Welcome to the first of our new, more frequent, media literacy e-bulletins. Although it’s only been a month since the last bumper edition of the e-bulletin, the fifth UK Communications Market Report has been published showing that people’s take-up of devices with converged functionality rose significantly in 2007, more evidence (if needed) of the […]
Media Literacy – The Experts
“Synopsis: What are the benefits, opportunities and pitfalls of the digital explosion for education, and how does media literacy fit in? Ofcom define media literacy as “the ability to access, understand and create communication in a variety of contexts”, but what does this really mean? In this programme, a group of educationalists and agenda-setters analyse […]
Civic Web
“There is growing concern about young people’s apparent lack of interest and involvement in politics and in civil society. Many people are looking to the internet for the solution to this problem of ‘civic disconnection’. But will it really provide the answer? Our research asks: Are young people really not interested or involved – or […]
Department for Culture, Media and Sports (dcms)
“This consultation seeks views on the Government’s proposals for implementing the Audiovisual Media Services Directive in the UK. The consultation focuses on three specific issues which are expected to require legislation. These are ‘co-regulating’ video-on-demand services; product placement; and, regulating satellite TV channels from outside the EU which uplink from the UK” (Retrieved on August […]
UKYP TV
“The UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) enables young people to use their energy and passion to change the world for the better. Run by young people for young people, UKYP gives the young people of the UK, between the age of 11 and 18 a voice, which is heard and listened to by local and national […]
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