Tag: Research
September 30, 2019 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Stop Criticising Parents and Start Supporting Their Digital Practices By Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology Department of Media and Culture, LSE (Member of the CMF Academic Advisory Board) Society has high hopes and considerable fears for the digital future. On the one hand, parents are told – get your children coding so they have […]
Industry Research
September 30, 2019 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
Priorities for Preschool In An Age Of Change Gary Pope, Co-Founder, Kids Industries Speaker, Moderator and Member of the Advisory Committee for CMC The work that goes on behind the scenes at The Children’s Media Conference is phenomenal. A world-class programme doesn’t just materialise overnight. The advisory committee, which I am super-proud to sit […]
Events Industry Research
May 31, 2019 Diana Hinshelwood CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
Diana Hinshelwood, Editor CMF Newsletter and CMF Executive Group Member The year since the last Children’s Media Conference has been an eventful one. Topics discussed, such as policing the internet, are now becoming government White Papers, and funding initiatives like the Young Audiences Content Fund have launched. These are just two of the topics which […]
CMF Updates Events Industry Policy Research
February 28, 2019 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
What do Children and Young People Think? A Children’s Media Foundation Report on Children’s Perceptions of their Screen Habits Produced in collaboration with DUBIT LIMITED Report Author: Lily Law Research Manager, Dubit Ltd Contributors: Jackie Marsh Professor of Education, University of Sheffield Colin Ward Deputy Director, the Children’s Media Foundation Dr Becky Parry University of Sheffield Dr […]
Industry Research
January 24, 2019 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
By Martin Franks, Children’s Media Producer and Director, Adastra Creative. There have been high-octane discussions about children and media since the advent of the printing press. Mass literacy, the cinema and then the TV all contributed to the debate (and what about the fuss over comics?). And now we are looking at the advent of personal screen […]
Industry Research
January 24, 2019 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
By Professor Sonia Livingstone, OBE, Department of Media and Communications, LSE New research has shown that length of screen time for children is not as harmful as first thought Oft-repeated advice to parents to limit their children’s screen time changed in recent weeks: “We’ve got the screen time debate all wrong. Let’s fix it.” (Wired, […]
Industry Research
December 21, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Children’s Screen Content in an Era of forced Migration – Creating Arab-European Dialogue. Jeanette Steemers, Professor of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College, London and CMF Board Member has been co-directing a research project into how growing numbers of displaced children create a need for content reflecting their issues. Children from Arab countries constitute a growing media audience in […]
Industry Research
December 21, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
By Olivia Dickinson Children’s Media Professional and CMF Executive Group Member The Let Toys Be Toys campaign has been going for 6 years – it started on a thread on Mumsnet in late 2012 in the run up to Christmas shopping – and in that first year had huge success with shops taking down […]
Industry Policy Research
August 29, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
The Children’s Media Foundation hosts events that not only offer important information to industry members and researchers, but also bring people together to debate common causes and share views on campaign issues. In the next few months, the Children’s Media Foundation will be hosting a series of events that carry on the discussions started at the Children’s Media […]
CMF Updates Events Industry Policy Research
August 29, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
“Conjuring Magical Experiences for Kids in VR” is the 3rd in a series of VR and Kids roadshows organised by the Children’s Media Foundation. It will be on Tuesday 25th September in Manchester. Hosted by Immotion (Studio Liddell), the event will look at Experience Design for kids in Virtual Reality. The 4th event is planned for Bristol in November. […]
CMF Updates Events Industry Research
