Internet and Media
Girls, Women and the Media
http://www.mediaandwomen.org/
The Girls, Women + Media Project is a 21st century, non-profit initiative and network working to increase awareness of how pop culture and media represent, affect, employ, and serve girls and women—and to advocate for improvement in those areas. The Project also seeks to educate and empower all consumers and citizens about consumer rights and responsibilities regarding the media, and to promote universal media literacy.
Boys, Men and the Media
http://www.mediafamily.org/
The National Institute on Media and the Family assists families and educators to maximize the benefits and minimize the harm of mass media on children through research, education and advocacy. This is a good site to help you make wise media choices.
Internet
http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/site_content.asp?intGlobalId=22
Using a combination of well-accepted scientific survey methods and techniques for social science data analysis, the research team at the USC Center for the Digital Future is conducting a long-term longitudinal study on the impact over time of computers, the Internet and related technologies on families and society. The results from the first year of the project were released to nationwide acclaim in October 2000 and now the project is entering its fifth year.
http://www.pewinternet.org/topics/Teens.aspx
The Pew Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The Project produces reports exploring the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life.
http://www.benton.org/
The mission of the Benton Foundation is to articulate a public interest vision for the digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems.
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/internet.cfm
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public. The link above goes directly to the Foundation’s study on children and Internet use. The Foundation is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.
http://www.wiredkids.org/
Wired Kids, Inc. is a U.S. charity dedicated to protecting all Internet users, especially children, from cybercrime and abuse. It operates several programs and Web sites designed to help everyone learn how to protect their privacy and security online and to teach responsible Internet use.
http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/
This National Institute on Media and the Family site provides fact sheets and tips on video game, television and Internet use among youth.
Television and Film
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/1535-index.cfm
See Kaiser Family Foundation description. This link is for Kids & Media at the New Millennium, one of the most comprehensive national public studies ever conducted of young people’s media use. The study, based on a nationally representative sample of more than 3,000 children ages 2 -18, shows how much time kids spend watching TV and movies, using computers, playing video games, listening to music, and reading.
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/tv.cfm
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public. The link above goes directly to the Foundation’s study on children and television use. The Foundation is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.
http://www.screenit.com/
While Practical Help for Parents does not usually link to paid sites, this might be of interest to parents who want to get detailed information from ScreenIt.com about movie content prior to their kids viewing the material. A yearly subscription is about $25, as of 2005.
Gaming
http://www.mediafamily.org/
This National Institute on Media and the Family site provides fact sheets and tips on video game, television and Internet use among youth.
Pornography and Children
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cstb/pub_pornography.html
Links to Youth, Pornography, and the Internet, one of the most comprehensive studies concerning approaches to protecting children and teens from Internet pornography, threats from sexual predators operating on-line, and other inappropriate material on the Internet. The National Research Council’s Computer Science and Telecommunications Board explores a number of fundamental questions: Who defines what is inappropriate material? Do we control Internet access by a 17-year-old in the same manner as for a 7-year-old? What is the role of technology and policy in solving such a problem in the context of family, community, and society? |
