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Here you can find information about children’s and young people’s media situation. Read about new studies, reports and the Swedish Media Council’s work and activities; articles concerning the Internet, computer games, films, tv, media literacy, pornography, mediated violence and conferences.

Report on children and IT from the Swedish helpline BRIS

BRIS (Children’s Rights in Society) is a children’s rights NGO running the national helpline for children in Sweden, co-funded by the European Commission. For the fourth consecutive year, BRIS has published The Children, BRIS and IT 2010. The report concerns BRIS as an actor on the Internet, and young people’s contacts with BRIS about the Internet, computers and mobile phones.

The Emerging Media Toddlers

Is television really harmful to the youngest children? In what ways have the Internet habits of Swedish toddlers changed during the 2000s decade? How much television does Chilean pre-schoolers watch? How did the Lord of the Ring trilogy affect children’s television in New Zealand? These questions and more are answered in the new anthology The Emerging Media Toddlers.

EU Public Report 2009: The Young Internet Campaign

The Media Council is the Swedish Safer Internet Centre in Insafe, a European network of e-safety awareness. The Public Report for 2009 describes the Council’s initiatives and activities within the EU campaign The Young Internet, the media coverage as well as planned activities for 2010.

SID 2010: What kids do online

Children and youth’s activities and creativities on the Internet were in focus in a unique collaboration between leading organisations in Sweden during Safer Internet Day on February 9, 2010. Schools, organisations, corporations, authorities, media were among those invited to participate. The purpose of Safer Internet Day is to create a dialogue between children, youths and adults about children and youths’ activities on the Internet and what their social life looks like online.

World Summit on Media for Children and Youth in Karlstad

The City of Karlstad in Sweden hosts the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth June 14–18, 2010. The theme is “Towards a new global vision for children and media – challenges in young people’s world of communication”. The programme include more than 140 sessions with a focus on children, youth and media and the Swedish Media Council is contributing with four seminars.

Films for youth about online vs. offline behavior

In an attempt to communicate the safer Internet message directly to youth, the Swedish Media Council has produced three animated films that will be spread online primarily through social media sites. The films are in English and free to network members to use and distribute.

Study on sexual exploitation and interactive media

The report See Me (Se Mig) is a study among young people between 13 and 25 years of age on their experiences of, and attitudes towards, sexual exploitation via interactive media. The study shows that young people are often exposed to sexual elements online. 30% of all 16-25 year olds report that someone has tried to get them to talk about sex, send pictures or do something they didn’t want to do in front of a web-camera.

SID on Swedish International Radio

SR International/Radio Sweden reported on Safer Internet Day in Stockholm fromDigital Tourist – one of the Swedish Media Council’s activities. The reporter, Dave Russell, interviewed Ann Katrin Agebäck, Director of the Swedish Media Council, Elza Dunkels, a researcher at Umeå university, and a 19 year old student.

Digital Tourist – a touring conference

Digital Tourist is a conference tour organized by the Swedish Media Council, the Swedish Safer Internet Centre, together with the Swedish Ministry of Culture. During a conference day the participants will learn what children and young people – the digital natives – do online. The conference series will tour Sweden with five stops, where the first one was held on December 9, 2009, in Södertälje, outside of Stockholm. The Swedish Minister for Culture, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, is giving the opening speech on all occations.

Conference Promoting a Creative Generation

The Swedish Ministry of Culture hosted the EU presidency conference Promoting a Creative Generation – Children and Young People in the New Culture and Media Landscape on 29-30 July, 2009, at Svenska Mässan in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Media Council participated in the coference among over 350 other experts, practitioners and policymakers from around 30 countries. The conference consisted of seminars and a panel discussions.

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