The AANA needs to listen to community concerns about scary content
CMA’s Hon. CEO, Barbara Biggins OAM CF, explains why the AANA must listen to community concerns about scary content Advertisements with scary images can stay with a child, causing sleep disturbances and ongoing unnecessary fears and anxieties. These impacts are not...
Children and Scary Media – Bad News Seems to Be Getting Worse
Joanne Cantor, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.Children and Scary Media – Bad News Seems to Be Getting Worse When I started graduate school (in 1970), I began doing research on the effects of the media....
CMA’s President, Prof. of Law, Elizabeth Handsley, reviews the AANA’s revised Code for marketing to children
CMA’s Prof. Elizabeth Handsley reviews the AANA’s revision of its Children’s Advertising Code The Australian Association of National Advertisers, or AANA, recently revealed the revisions it is making to its Children’s Advertising Code (the Code). These will come into...
Gaming Disorder – We need to talk
John B Saunders National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research at the University of Queensland, and Wesley Hospital, Kogarah and Waratah Private Hospital, Hurstville, New South Wales.Gaming Disorder – We need to talk Parliament House, Canberra is the location for...
‘Outside the Screen’ Podcast
'Outside the Screen' Podcast CMA's President, Prof. Elizabeth Handsley, has partnered with Dr Kim Le, child and adolescent psychiatrist, in a new podcast, 'Outside the Screen'. Kim and Liz will be discussing research and policy developments about children's...
Top five tips for making screen time healthier for young children
Mary Brushe is an early career researcher at Telethon Kids Institute focused on supporting early childhood health and development. She is in the final year of her PhD in Public Health at the University of Adelaide and is the Vice President of the Public Health...