Parents need a one-stop-shop for screen information
Dr Catherine Page Jeffery Lecturer in Media and Communications Department of Media and Communications | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences The University of Sydney Parents need a one-stop-shop for screen information Children and young people’s engagement with...
Why is M3GAN ‘M’? A view from a CMA parent member
M = M3GAN = Murder, Mutilation and Mayhem. Why is this so? In cinemas now, M3GAN is classified 'M' in Australia, being judged as having moderate impact, in spite of very scary scenes. This is in stark contrast to classifications by Kijkwijzer in the Netherlands at...
Defending Children’s Rights as Media Consumers
Defending children’s rights as media consumers Children and Media Australia (CMA) is always active in advocating for a healthy screen environment for children, and for their rights as media consumers. Here’s some of the issues we’ve tackled in this, and recent, years:...
Children and Advertising: The need for evidence-based regulation
Professor Elizabeth Handsley, President, CMA Children and advertising: the need for evidence-based regulation Advertising has been one of the recurring issues for CMA over the twenty-plus years that I’ve been working with the organisation. Even back before I started,...
Big Tech, Big Business and the Lives of Children
Big Tech, Big Business and the Lives of Children by Susan Linn, Ed.D. The harms of society affording corporations unfettered access to children are well-documented. Targeting kids with advertising and marketing has long been linked to a host of problems including...
UK: Advertising rules flouted by Chinese vaping giant
UK: Advertising rules flouted by Chinese vaping giantThe Guardian reports “A leading e-cigarette brand is flouting rulesto promote its products to young people in Britain, an Observer investigation has found, as experts warn that brightly coloured, sweet-...