The Australian Council on Children (ACCM) and the Media and the Children and Families Research Centre, Macquarie University are holding a one day seminar.
Details:
Tuesday 1 March 2011
NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre
37 Reservoir Street
Surry Hills, NSW 2010
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO TUESDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2011
In the post holiday catch up you may have missed hearing about this important conference:
Scared, sleepless and hostile: Children, violent/frightening media and public policy
Hear 3 international and 4 Australian speakers reviewing the impact of scary and violent media on children.
Join others who work with children, who are concerned to promote their wellbeing, or who have an involvement in children’s media environment, in discussing what might need to be done about it.
For more information go to http://www.youngmedia.org.au/mediachildren/01_18_sydney_conference-prelim.htm
Please complete the registration form, and return to ACCM
Fax 08 8376 2122
PO Box 447, Glenelg SA 5045 or admin@youngmedia.org.au
Writer Helen Splarn. Editor Dr Ramesh Manocha.
Source: ACCM
I would very much like to attend, however, living in Melbourne, I am unable to attend-needing to be here for my busy family. Any plans for such seminars for Melbourne people? Also, we need to look at what advertisers & media people know-that is the subliminal way that messages are researched to reach us, without us even knowing. As shown by “Neuro Focus” on ABC 3 tv last night; people are observed/studied in a very deliberate analysis of their brain’s response to certain images & variations in their portrayal. Looking for what captures attention most, of course, is the focus. The purpose to is tap into our attention, emotions and memory. This is calculated, yet the average person is not only oblivious but also-uninformed. Remember when subliminal advertising of hamburgers, spliced into movies at the drive-in was banned years ago? The very young & mentally disadvantaged are always the most vulnerable & most exploited. New & existing practices go way beyond those former outrageous invasions of our mind. Is anyone aware, telling other parents? Denise den-Bakker