EDITORIALS
The Government’s response to the Privacy Act Review brings good news for children, and a lot of work for children’s advocates!
Rys Farthing is the Director of Research & Policy at Reset Australia. She works on realising children and young people’s rights in the digital world through policy and regulation, and helps to coordinate the civil society campaign for a children’s privacy code....
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....
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...
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...
Kids, screens and sleep
Professor Sarah Blunden (MAPS, BAPsych (Hons), MSocSc, MClinPsy, PhD) is a clinical psychologist specialising in sleep health and founder/director of SensibleSleep (www.sensiblesleep.com.au). She is Head of Paediatric Sleep Research and Professor of Clinical...
Explore, Explain, and Empower for healthy use of screens
Dr Justin Coulson is a dad to 6 daughters, host of Channel 9s hit TV show Parental Guidance, author of 8 books, and host of the Happy Families podcast. The second season of the TV show starts on June 5. [ https://9now.nine.com.au/parental-guidance ] Explore, Explain,...
Is “Screen Time” outside of schooling having a detrimental effect on imagination and creativity?
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Classifying games with loot boxes as M will do little to protect children from gambling harm
Prof. Nerilee Hing, Prof. Matthew Rockloff and Prof. Matthew Browne, Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory, CQUniversity Classifying games with loot boxes as M will do little to protect children from gambling harm Introduction The Australian Government has...
Can screen use increase children’s physical activity, and so their ability to thrive in a digital world?
Researchers: Leon Straker, Danica Hendry and Juliana Zabatiero School of Allied Health, Curtin University Can screen use increase children’s physical activity, and so their ability to thrive in a digital world? One of the common concerns families have regarding...
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...
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,...