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  • A Different World-Children's Perceptions of Race and Class in Media
    Young people overwhelmingly think that it is important for children to see people of their own race on television. Children of color are most likely to think so.

  • Birds of a Feather-Kids Media
    A new birds-of-a-feather group has started up at BayCHI and you are welcome to join. Called BayCHI-Kids, the group includes producers, designers, researchers, and practitioners who work with children's media.

  • Center for Educational Priorities
    The Center for Educational Priorities is an information clearinghouse on the nexus between education and American culture. We track the powerful influences of television, media and telecommunications policy as they affect children and the learning process.

  • Center for Media Education
    The Center for Media Education is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a quality electronic media culture for children and youth, their families and the community.

  • Centre for the Study of Children
    The Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media aims to provide a focus for existing work and for developing new projects in this field.

  • Character Kids
    CharacterKids.com specializes in representing newborn, toddlers, youth, and teenage models.

  • CHILDREN & WATCHING TV - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Television viewing is a major activity and influence on children and adolescents. Children in the United States watch an average of three to four hours of television a day. By the time of high school graduation, they will have spent more time watching television than they have in the classroom. While television can entertain, inform, and keep our children company, it may also influence them in undesirable ways.

  • Children and the Media
    Children and the Media works to improve the quality of news and entertainment media both for children and about children's issues.

  • Childrens Express
    Children's Express (UK) is a programme of learning through journalism for young people aged 8-18.

  • European Childrens Television Centre
    The E.C.T.C.s' main aims are the restructuring of the children’s television market, the continuous vocational training of professionals and the audiovisual education of youngsters.

  • Film Education
    These pages aim to give you a comprehensive guide to the wide range of services and resources that Film Education offers, including a section on how to join the mailing list

  • Film Ratings
    The movie rating system is a voluntary system sponsored by the Motion Picture Association of America and the National Association of Theatre Owners to provide parents with advance information on films, enabling parents to make judgments on movies they want or do not want their children to see.

  • Film Values
    Children's films and movies on TV, Cable and in theaters reviewed for responsible parents. No simple ratings; information on 22 categories of content.

  • Florida Family Association
    Florida Family Association's educate Consumers and Corporate America regarding the harmful effects of pornographic media and steps they can take to improve the moral environment.

  • George Lucas Educational Foundation
    The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) creates media that promote a vision of learning where students are challenged and engaged, have access to interactive technologies, and are supported by inspired teachers and involved parents and communities

  • Grading the Movies
    Grading the Movies offers information on current movies, videos, music, and video games that will assist families in determining what entertainment products meet their standards.

  • Kids and Media - Child Research Net
    What constitutes media? Is it television, computers, the internet, video games, paper, information? Today there are so many things that give us information in various ways. We would like to explore the various definitions of media and the effects it has on the lives of our youth in Japan.

  • Kids First - Coalition for Quality Children's Media
    KIDS FIRST!® is the Coalition for Quality Children's Media's initiative that evaluates and rates children's media - videotapes, CD-ROMs, and television - using a highly acclaimed method that has been praised by parents and educators alike.

  • Kids First Internet
    The Coalition for Quality Children's Media is a national, not-for-profit organization founded in 1991. Because we believe that violent and biased media profoundly affects children, our mission is to: 1) Teach children critical viewing skills and enable them to make their own good media choices. And 2) To increase the visibility and availability of quality children's programs. Our goals are: A. To teach children to become critical media users; B. To help adults recognize the importance of teaching critical viewing skills to children; C.To help children identify and know of examples of outstanding media programming; D. To develop programs for special needs audience including hospitalized children and at-risk children and families.

  • Kids Hollywood
    Looking for a reputable child talent agency, help with baby modeling or movie auditions? Visit www.KidsHollywood.com, serving Southern California

  • Kids On Camera
    Kids-On-Camera: TV & film acting, modeling and communications school for ages 4-17.

  • Kidsnet
    A monthly Media Guide describing upcoming programs on television for children, families and educators, referenced by air date, curriculum areas, grade levels, and other topics. Offers Study Guides for educators, health and social service professionals, and parents to use as a companion to television programming to extend educational value.

  • KQED Center for Education & LifeLong Learning
    The KQED Education Network extends the impact of KQED TV and radio. It inspires learning through innovative understanding, use and creation of media. KQED EdNet serves teachers, childcare providers, parents, and the community through interactive workshops, events, learning activities and lesson plans, online and in print.

  • Learner Online
    Site of the Annenberg/CPB Project, which uses public television as an educational tool.

  • Learning Partners - Let's Use TV
    Television can be a very powerful learning tool. It is being used more and more in the classroom to inform students and stimulate discussion. Teachers often assign students to watch an educational television show as homework. Television can be used to add to what is being studied at school. As a parent, you can also use television to teach ideas and values that are important to you.

  • Learning Works
    Maryland Public Television is committed to serving the needs of learners of all ages. These pages offer a variety of programs for parents, teachers, caregivers, and students that are designed to enrich the learning process.

  • Media Awareness Network
    The Media Awareness Network offers practical support for media education in the home, school and community and provides Canadians and others with information and "food for thought" on our fast-evolving media culture.

  • Media Education UK
    MediaEd.org.uk is for teachers, students and anyone else who's interested in media and moving image education in primary, secondary, further and informal education.

  • Moms on Movies
    Moms opinion and reviews on movie that you might want your child see. Moms on Movies reviews are objective, non-critical assessments of the potentially objectionable material contained in movies and are primarily addressed to parents.

  • Movie Mom
    A guide for parents on managing the media onslaught-finding good movies and videos, avoiding the bad ones, and talking with kids about what they see.

  • MovieWeb Kids Korner
    Kids Korner is the place for kids and their parents to check out the latest movies.

  • National Institute on Media and the Family
    The National Institute on Media and the Family, founded by David Walsh, Ph.D., is a national resource for teachers, parents, community leaders and other caring adults who are interested in the influence of electronic media on early childhood education, child development, academic performance, culture and violence.

  • National Institute on Media and the Family
    As a national resource for research, education and information about the impact of the media on children and families, the Institute offers a number of unique resources including...

  • Parental Media Guide
    The movie, electronic game, music, cable and broadcast television industries have each voluntarily developed clear and informative parental advisory systems to provide families with advance information on the content of entertainment products.

  • Spinning Bear
    A film corporation founded and operated by kids. Site includes the group's history, news, and contact information.

  • Teach With Movies
    Teaching guides for parents and teachers to use to make viewing more meaningful.

  • The Coalition for Quality Children's Media
    The mission of CQCM is to enhance children's viewing experiences by making quality children's media more visible and more readily available.

  • The Review Zone
    The Review Zone's mission is to provide in-depth reviews on "the best" kids' and family edutainment software, hardware, computer books and cutting edge technology for parents and teachers.

  • TV-Turnoff
    TV-Turnoff Network, formerly TV-Free America, is a nonprofit organization that encourages children and adults to watch much less television in order to promote healthier lives and communities.

  • West Virginia Public Broadcasting
    West Virginia Public Broadcasting advances education, culture and citizenship though high-quality programming and services.

  • Data Recovery
    Data recovery service for hard disk drives, Raid servers, Tapes and all removable media. Free data recovery softwares are availabe for downlaod.


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