DOCUMENT RESUME ED 438 943 PS 028 379 AUTHOR von Feilitzen, Cecilia, Ed. TITLE News on Children and Violence on the Screen, 1997-1999. INSTITUTION United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Goteborg (Sweden). International Clearinghouse on Children and Violence on the Screen.; Nordic Documentation Center for Mass Communication Research, Aarhus (Denmark). PUB DATE 1999-00-00 NOTE 166p.; Published three times per year. Title of newsletter changed to "News from ICC VOS" beginning with Volume 3, No. 2-3 AVAILABLE FROM UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children and Violence on the Screen, Nordicom, Goteborg University, Box 713, SE-405 30 Goteborg, Sweden; Tel: 46-8-16-28-64; Fax: 46-8-661-03-04; Web site: http://www.nordicom.gu.se. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT News on Children and Violence on the Screen; v1-3 1997-1999 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Children; Childrens Television; Cultural Influences; Emotional Response; Foreign Countries; Government Role; Internet; *Mass Media; *Mass Media Effects; Mass Media Role; *Mass Media Use; Newsletters; Periodicals; Pornography; Sexual Abuse; *Television Viewing; *Violence IDENTIFIERS Media Education; Pedophilia; Sex Exploitation; Television Content Ratings; UNESCO ABSTRACT This document is comprised of the 1997 through 1999 newsletters of the UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children and Violence on the Screen, published three times a year. It provides topical information on research findings concerning children and media violence, children's media use, and activities aiming to limit gratuitous media violence. Volume 1 (1997) includes articles dealing with global awareness of children and media violence, television ratings systems, children's emotional responses to television viewing, and children's participation in media activities. Volume 2(1998) contains articles on the power of culture, the Internet, violence in various media, children's broadcasting in various countries, emotional responses to television viewing, government efforts to deal with media violence, and media education. Volume 3(1999) includes a special issue on a UNESCO meeting on sexual abuse of children, child pornography, and pedophilia on the Internet. Regular features include information on international meetings, organizations, and new publications. (KB) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. News on Children and Violence on the Screen, 1997-1999 Cecilia von Feilitzen, Editor Volumes 1-3 4 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS CENTER (ERIC) BEEN GRANTED BY This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 1-leioseA)44_ Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES document do not necessarily represent INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) official OERI position or policy. 1 BEST COPY AVAILABLE 2 9 THE CLEARINGHOUSE The Clearinghouse on Children- and Violence on the Screen and Nordicom Ulla Carlsson 1 Prelude to the Clearinghouse Nils Gunnar Nilsson 3 CHILDREN AND MEDIA A GROWING GLOBALAWARENESS Introduction Cecilia von Feilitzen 4 The Media and the Convention of the Rights of the Child Thomas Hammarberg 5 European Media Measures under Consideration Anna Celsing 8 SUMMITS, DECLARATIONS, RESOLUTIONS... The Sense of the Bratislava Resolution Connie Tadros 12 The First World Summit on Television andChildren Patricia Edgar 14 The Asian Summit on Child Rights and theMedia Mong Soon Ping 15 OTHER INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS 17 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS 21 RATINGS OF TV-PROGRAMMES RESEARCH FINDINGS Introduction Cecilia von Feilitzen 25 Television Ratings Should Describe, Not Judge, Programmes Laurie Trotta 26 Critique of the New Rating System for United States Television . Joanne Cantor 26 Optimism in France . " Cecilia von Feilitzen 28 Audience Reactions to ClassificationSystems The Australian Experience Margaret Cupitt and Daniel Jenkinson 29 COMING EVENTS 30 BEST COPYAVAILABLE 3 The UNESCO International Clearinghouse NEWS ON on Children and Violence on the Screen CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE The Nordic Information Center for Media and Communication Research ON THE SCREEN (Nordicom) has set up an international clearinghouse on children and violence on the screen. The Clearinghouse receives financial support PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A YEAR BY from the Government of Sweden and UNESCO. The UNESCO International Clearinghouse The Clearinghouse is to contribute to and effectivize knowledge on child- ren, young people and media violence, seen in the perspective of the UN on Children and Violence Convention on the Rights of the Child. The prime task is to make new on the Screen, at knowledge and data known to prospective users all over the world. Nordicom The International Clearinghouse on Children and Violence on the Screen Goteborg University informs various groups of users - about Sprangkullsgatan 21 S-411 23 GOTEBORG, Sweden research findings concerning children, young people and media violence, Web site: http://www.nordicom.gu.se/ncom ongoing research on children and media violence, children's access to mass media and their media use, DIRECTOR: Ulla Carlsson training and courses of study on children and the media, positive alternatives to media violence, and EDITOR: Cecilia von Feilitzen Tel:+46 8 16 28 64 measures and activities which aim to limit gratuitous violence Fax:+46 8 661 03 04 on television, in films, and in interactive media. E-mail: [email protected] The object of the Clearinghouse is three-fold: to attract attention to the ASSISTANT EDITOR: Pia Hepsever question of violence on the screen and its role in the lives of children and Tel: +46 31 773 49 53 young people, to stimulate initiatives and activities to combat gratuitous Fax: +46 31 773 46 55 violence, and to help provide a better basis for policy in the field. E-mail: pia.hepsever @jmg.gu.se The Clearinghouse is user-oriented, which means that our services are SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DISTRIBUTION: offered in response to demand and are adapted to the needs of our Free of charge for Individuals and clients. institutions registered In the network The Clearinghouse publishes a newsletter and a yearbook. of the Clearinghouse. REGISTER AND ADDRESS CHANGES: Pia Hepsever We welcome researchers, policy-makers, media professionals, teachers, vol- untary organisations and interested individuals to the Clearinghouse in- THE CLEARINGHOUSE formation network. As a participant you will receive our publications (in Eng- lish) with the contributions of other network participants from all parts of the IS LOCATED AT NORDICOM globe. (Participation is free of charge.) NORDICOM Is an organ of co-operation be- tween the Nordic countries - Denmark, The value of the Clearinghouse as a forum rests in the breadth of its Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The coverage and the commitment of its participants. In short: the more relevant overriding goal and purpose is to make the information we gather, and the more who contribute from all continents, the media and communication efforts under- better our services. taken in the Nordic countries known, both throughout and far beyond our part of the We are interested in research related to children, young people and media world. violence, and in documentation of measures, activities and alternatives of NORDICOM uses a variety of channels- relevance to this field (see the six points above). newsletters, Journals, books, databases- to reach researchers, students, decision-makers, News briefs and short artides to our newsletter, News on Children and media practitioners, journalists, teachers Violence on the Screen, will be greatly valued, as will notices of coming and and Interested members of the general public. recent conferences, seminars and other events; of new publications; and of active associations and organisations with children and media in view. NORDICOM works to establish and strengthen links between the Nordic research We are also grateful for receiving relevant publications and mater- community and colleagues in all parts of the ials if possible, two copies of each, please! They will successively be in- world, both by means of unilateral flows and formed of in the newsletters, and be documented at the Clearinghouse into a by linking individual researchers, research growing knowledge base for overviews, compilations and bibliographies of groups and institutions. interest to various groups of users. NORDICOM also documents media trends In the Nordic countries. The Joint Nordic As for publications and materials in other languages than English, French, information addresses users in Europe and German and Spanish, we kindly ask you for complementary translations of the further afield. The production of comparative titles. media statistics forms the core of this service. We look forward to hearing from you, not least regarding any requests or suggestions you may have concerning Clearinghouse services. And we hope NORDICOM is funded by the Nordic Council that you will come to appreciate our efforts as a means of making your own of Ministers. work known in wider circles, and as a way to keep abreast of others' work. 3EST COPYAVAILABLE The Clearinghouse... The Clearinghouse on Children ULLA CARLSSON and Violence on the Screen and Nordicom Director Nordicom Anumber