by admin | Feb 6, 2023 | EDITORIALS
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...
by admin | Feb 6, 2023 | TALKING POINT
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...
by admin | Dec 5, 2022 | EDITORIALS
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:...
by admin | Nov 7, 2022 | EDITORIALS
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,...
by admin | Oct 10, 2022 | EDITORIALS, VIOLENCE
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...
by admin | Sep 27, 2022 | CLASSIFICATION
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- flavoured...
by admin | Sep 27, 2022 | ADVERTISING, CLASSIFICATION
The latest film in the Spider-Man series is due for world-wide release on December 16/17. As we’ve come to expect, the film hasn’t yet been classified in Australia nor rated in the US or UK. But the publicity has been out for months, with anticipation mounting. As...
by admin | Sep 27, 2022 | ADVERTISING, CLASSIFICATION
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- flavoured...
by admin | Sep 27, 2022 | ADVERTISING, CLASSIFICATION
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- flavoured...
by admin | Sep 27, 2022 | ADVERTISING, CLASSIFICATION
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- flavoured...
