, Filed Under: Organizations, Youth Media
On the 10th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – at a meeting in Oslo in November 1999 organized by the Norwegian Government and UNICEF – children, young people, media professionals and child rights experts met to discuss the development of children’s rights and their relation to the media throughout […]
, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Organizations
The Journal of Children and Media is an online journal available through Informaworld.com, which is the online publications platform for the Taylor & Francis Group and Informa Healthcare. Journal of Children and Media is an international, interdisciplinary, multi-method, peer-reviewed publication. It provides a space for discussion to scholars and professionals studying media in the lives […]
, Filed Under: Organizations, Youth Media
EdNews.org is an educational web portal providing resources for educators, students, professionals. The “Resources” section of the website offers an interactive database of pedagogic organizations.
, Filed Under: Media Education Policy, Organizations
To cultivate and improve media literacy in the digital age, the European Commission has launched an EU-wide survey of best practices. The public consultation was closed on 15 December 2006, and its objective was to identify the existing and possible approaches to media literacy and to provide a description of its emerging trends throughout Europe. […]
, Filed Under: Media Education Policy, Organizations
Over the past 16 years, MEDIA, the EU’s support programme for the European audiovisual industry, has supported the development and distribution of thousands of films as well as training activities, festivals and promotion projects throughout the continent. From 2001-2006, more than half a billion euros were injected into 8,000 projects from over 30 countries. The […]
, Filed Under: Media Education Policy, Organizations
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, directly responsible to Congress. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC’s jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. […]
, Filed Under: Organizations, Youth Media
XenoCLIPse is an action-based research project for empowerment through racial tolerance and media education. eCLIPse, the consortium’s successful first collaboration, identified the need to target ethnic minorities and go beyond the institutional context of universities. Involvement of ethno-cultural minorities means media exposure as both objects and subjects. The new project envisages empowerment through increased access […]
, Filed Under: Organizations, Youth Media
The Mediascape website has been designed as an information clearinghouse for New Zealand media information and research, intending to inform creative linkages between the government, media industry, ITC agencies, media researchers, families and young people. Mediascape specializes in sharing information and research about the media in New Zealand. It promotes media literacy, research and the […]
, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Organizations
The Islamic International Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) aims to emphasize the traits of Islamic culture and education, promoting them in the Islamic world and beyond, and stressing the need to coordinate activities of Islamic scientific and educational institutions existing in various countries of the world. ISESCO envisions fostering full integration among them and […]
, Filed Under: Organizations, Youth Media
Youth Media Reporter is a journal that serves media professionals in the youth media field. YMR is a monthly, on-line professional publication (that is bound annually in print form), which strives to sustain and develop the youth media field by covering its topical issues, trends, and challenges. Youth media professionals, leaders, and practitioners are YMR’s […]