Media Education and
Media Literacy Resources
The
goal of the National Institute on Media and the Family (Institute)
is to provide resources for educators, parents, community leaders,
and others concerned about the ever increasing impact of media on
children, families, and communities. The following is a list of
other organizations concerned with media education and media literacy
issues. Continue to check our web site for new sites and resources.
The
resources listed are organizations separate from the Institute.
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the currency, accuracy, or availability of any information on these
sites.
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- American
Academy of Pediatrics is committed to the attainment
of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being
for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. This
site also includes "A Minute for Kids" a library of
audio tapes, and "Media
Matters" a national public education campaign. (http://www.aap.org)
- The members
of the American Association of
Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) work to improve the quality
and standards of individual and family life through programs that
educate, influence public policy, disseminate information, and
publish research findings. The members of the association work
to empower individuals, strengthen families, and enable communities.
Membership includes elementary, secondary, post-secondary, and
extension educators and administrators; other professionals in
government, business and nonprofit sectors; and students preparing
for the field. (http://www.aafcs.org)
- American
Psychological Association "Violence on TV: What
Do Children Learn? What Can Parents Do?" is a research-based
paper that disucsses the thesis: Violent programs on television
lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch
those programs. This site also provides resources for educators,
scientists, practioners, mental health specialists, professionals,
parents, teens and the media. (http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/violence.html)
- TheAntiDrug.com
ONDCP's flagship anti-drug Web site for parents/families,
this online resource is featured on all national advertising for
the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. It provides high-impact
drug education and prevention information, stressing that parent/caregiver
presence in a child's life is the best deterrent to drug abuse.
The site's content is built around 4 tenants: Truth, Honesty,
Love and Communication. TheAntidrug.com was also named one of
USA Today's 'Sites of the Year- 1999.' (http://www.theantidrug.com)
- AskERIC
and Parents AskERIC AskERIC is an Internet-based information
service for educators, parents, and anyone else interested in
education. AskERIC is operated by the ERIC system and coordinated
by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology in Syracuse,
New York. AskERIC includes an e-mail question-answering service
and the AskERIC Virtual Library. Parents AskERIC responds to questions
on child development, child care, parenting, and child rearing.
This link is through the National Parent Information Network (see
below). (http://npin.org/questions.html)
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- Center
For Educational Priorities A nonprofit advocacy and
education group with a mission of bringing national attention
to the priorities of education in all areas of American life,
especially the media. They have a special emphasis on television
violence. (http://www.cep.org)
- Center
For Media Literacy Largest producer and distributor
of media literacy education materials in North America. (http://www.medialit.org)
- Center
for Media Education The Center for Media Education (CME)
is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the
quality of electronic media. CME fosters telecommunications policy-making
in the public interest through its research, advocacy, public
education, and press activities. The center’s two current
projects are Campaign for Kids’ TV, aimed at improving the
quality of children’s television, and the Future of Media
Project, dedicated to fostering a public interest vision for the
emerging 21st century information highway. Address: 1511 K Street,
NW, Suite 518, Washington, DC 20005. Phone: (202) 628-2620. (http://www.cme.org)
 www.Child411.com
is a site promoting the consultation services of Southern California
Pediatrician, Paul Horowitz, MD. He is a resource whose services
are used by the media and others. (http://www.child411.com)- Childcare
Provider Resources The Childcare Provider's Internet Resource
Center. Check out our listings of information, products and services
available to childcare providers.(http://www.ccpresources.com)
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- Child
& Family WebGuide – Tufts University: A directory
of Web sites that contain credible research based information
about child development. The sites, which are useful for parents,
professionals, and students, have been evaluated by experts from
Tufts University. Topics include family/parenting, health/mental
health, education/learning, typical development, childcare/daycare,
and activities by region. (http://www.cfw.tufts.edu)
- Children
First the web site of the National Parent-Teacher Association.
The PTA is the oldest and largest volunteer association in the
United States working exclusively on behalf of children and youth.
For 100 years, the National PTA has promoted the education, health
and safety of children and families. (http://www.pta.org)
- Children's
Defense Fund [CDF] is a private, nonprofit organization
which exists to provide a strong and effective voice for all the
children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves.
CDF's goal is to educate the nation about the needs of children
and encourage a preventive investment in children. (http://www.childrensdefense.org)
- Childwatch
International Research Network is a network for institutions
and individuals involved in research on children with the aim
of initiating and coordinating research and information projects
on children's living conditions and the implementation of children's
rights. One of Childwatch's priorities since 1993 has been an
international project on children, media and violence. (http://www.childwatch.uio.no)
- The
Christian Media Literacy Institute equips parents and educators
to teach media evaluation in light of Christian values. We proclaim
the Gospel of Christ as we sensitize children and adults to the
issues of media literacy. (http://www.cmli.org)
- Connect
for Kids is a virtual encyclopedia of information for
adults who want to make their communities better places for kids.
The award-winning Web site, e-mail newsletters, radio, print and
TV ads help people become more active citizens—from volunteering
to voting. (http://www.connectforkids.org/index.htm)
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- Dads
and Daughters is the national nonprofit organization for fathers
and daughters. DADs provides tools to strengthen father-daughter
relationships and to transform the pervasive messages that value
girls more for how they look than who they are. DADs’ website
offers resource and research links, parenting tips, presentation
and free Healthy Body Image curriculum information, sections on
media literacy and media monitoring, and more. (http://www.dadsanddaughters.org)
- Freevibe.com
Produced in partnership with Sony Online Entertainment (SOE)
Offers drug education and prevention information vetted by the
National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI),
message boards, games, and celebrity news. The 'Lowdown' section
of this Web site provides an extensive database of information
on particular drugs that our youth audience is able to comprehend.
The goal of Freevibe is to provide positive peer reinforcement
and highlight the benefits of a drug-free lifestyle. Since it's
launch in March, the Web site has averaged close to a half-million
page views per month. (www.freevibe.com)
- Freevibe
Teacher's Guide Created with educators and behavioral
experts, this truly unique guide provides teachers with classroom
activities and teaching tips to help prevent students from using
drugs. The Freevibe Teachers' Guide is based on the popular Freevibe
Web site that promotes drug-free lifestyles for adolescents. (http://www.teachersguide.com)
- Grandsplace
is for grandparents, aunts, uncles, step-parents and foster parents
who are raising children they did not give birth to; they are
raising children for one reason or another. Being a parent the
second time around is not an easy task and this wonderful site
discusses the many issues involved with being a "grandparent."
They provide GrandPlace Resources, Legal Resources, GrandPlace
Connections and Everyday Living. They also have a site "just
for kids:" Grandsplace
Kids. (http://www.grandsplace.com)
- LifeSkills
4 Kids - This website and its newsletters provide first-rate
resources for educators and parents teaching life skills to children
in grades K-6.
- The
Lion & Lamb Project - This website works to reduce the
marketing of violent toys, games and entertainment to children.
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 www.MyChildHas.com
is a web site for parents whose children have a disease in common.
They can share their experiences and comments. It was created
by D & A Communications, Inc. The president of that company is
a Pediatrician, Paul Horowitz, MD, FAAP. His Practice is in Southern
California. The site includes useful information, message boards,
and more. (http://www.mychildhas.com)- Mediascope
is a national, nonprofit public policy organization founded in
1992 to promote constructive depictions of health and social issues
in the media, particularly as they relate to children and adolescents.
A principal objective of the organization is to encourage accurate
and responsible portrayals—in film, television, the Internet,
video games, music and advertising—without compromising creative
freedom. Mediascope addresses a variety of topics relating to
the media... including media ratings, teen sexuality, children's
television, diversity, media violence, effects of video games,
artist's rights and responsibilities, and substance abuse. (http://www.igc.apc.org/mediascope)
- MediaChannel
- is a nonprofit, public interest Web site dedicated to global
media issues. MediaChannel offers news, reports and commentary
from our international network of media-issues organizations and
publications, as well as original features from contributors and
staff. Resources include thematic special reports, action toolkits,
forums for discussion, an indexed directory of hundreds of affiliated
groups and a search engine constituting the single largest online
media-issues database. MediaChannel is concerned with the political,
cultural and social impacts of the media, large and small. MediaChannel
exists to provide information and diverse perspectives and inspire
debate, collaboration, action and citizen engagement.
- Media
Literacy - www.medialiteracy.net is intended to create a cultural
revolution around media. This site contains research, information
and materials about media literacy. (http://www.medialiteracy.net)
- The
Media Literacy Clearinghouse - The web site contains numerous
articles, background and lesson plans designed to help K-12 teachers
integrate media literacy into classroom instruction. (http://medialit.med.sc.edu)
- Moms
View 1001 Free Things for Parents
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- National
Council on Family Relations - NCFR was founded in 1938 by
sociologist Ernest W. Burgess, attorney Paul Sayre, and Rabbi
Sidney E. Goldstein. NCFR is non-profit, nonpartisan and fully
member-funded. Researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy
makers from all family fields and disciplines share knowledge
and information about families. For over 61 years, NCFR has linked
multi-disciplinary family professionals through its journals,
conferences, state affiliate councils, and special interest sections.
(http://www.ncfr.org)
- National
Parent Information Network (NPIN) is a project sponsored
by two ERIC clearinghouses: the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education
at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City; and the
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; all other ERIC
system components are also contributors and participants. Many
collaborating organizations provide information resources to NPIN
and promote use of NPIN among their constituencies. The purpose
of NPIN is to provide information to parents and those who work
with parents and to foster the exchange of parenting materials.
(http://npin.org)
- PEDINFO
lists articles, user groups and information for parents to use
including an exhaustive list of links to other sites. Dr. Andy
Spooner set up the homepage to help disseminate the large amount
of information available to help parents and pediatricians learn
more about the issues facing their children. (http://www.pedinfo.org)
- Public
Interest Council The goal of the Council is to help
further the development of sound public policy by taking part
in the dialogue advanced by the Advisory Committee on Public Interest
Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters (otherwise known
as the Gore Commission). This site will be a source of information
about the Gore Commission, as well as a forum for news and commentary.
(http://www.mediainst.org/gore/home.html)
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- Search
Institute - For resources on positive youth development and
the 40 Developmental Assets from Search Institute. (http://www.search-institute.org/)
- SHOULDER
TO SHOULDER: RAISING TEENS TOGETHER - is dedicated to helping
to make our job easier by connecting fellow parents and caregivers,
and sharing the insight of those who have been there before. (http://www.shouldertoshoulderminnesota.org/)
- Teen
Futures Media Network - a media literacy/advocacy training,
service and research network based in the College of Education
at the University of Washington. The Network's web site teenhealthandthemedia.net
is a virtual meeting place for groups, organizations and agencies
who share a strong commitment to supporting the teen voice. Using
media as a hook to engage teen attention to significant life issues,
the Network's purpose is to (a) encourage and make use of youth
produced media messagesteens talking to teens (b) foster collaborations
among agencies, organizations, and individuals working with teens
and (c) provide a repository of multimedia resources for parents
and adults who work with children and youth. (http://www.teenhealthandthemedia.net")
- TVTurnoff
Network - TV: Come discuss it, learn more about it, and see
how others have turned it off. TV-Turnoff Network helps children
and adults to watch much less television in order to promote healthier
lives and communities. Our two primary programs, National TV-Turnoff
Week and More Reading, Less TV, have helped millions of Americans
turn off TV and turn on life. (http://www.tvturnoff.org)
- WebSmart
Kids is a nonprofit educational initiative that helps families
use the Internet safely and effectively. The WebSmart Kids site
includes an interactive questionnaire that lets parents gauge
their knowledge of the Internet, media literacy and Internet safety.
It also teaches parents about media literacy and how to help their
children apply media literacy skills to the Internet. This includes
giving parents and their kids a hands-on experience in learning
about the Internet and the many messages it sends through activities
they can do online together. (http://www.websmartkids.com)
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