Tag: Research
CMC – Special Offer
June 18, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
Children’s Media Foundation supporters, patrons, and members from supporting companies and organisations can buy Children’s Media Conference tickets at a special discounted rate of £380 + VAT – that’s a saving of £115 + VAT on the full rate. If you are not currently a CMF supporter or patron – sign up here for as little as […]
Research News
May 22, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
CMF Academic Advisory Board member LSE’s Sonia Livingstone and Kjartan Ólafsson of the University of Akureyri have recently posted interesting findings from a new UK survey of parents with children aged 0-17, which feed into discussions about Internet Safety. The survey reveals parents want more protection for their teens. Further recent reports from the Parenting for a Digital Futuregroup include: In the digital home, how […]
Research Roadshow: VR+Kids
May 22, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
CMF is conducting a long term research project into the viability of VR for children. Looking at the health issues, and into that is out there that works for the children;s audience. CMF Executive Group member Alison Norrington is organising 4 outreach events giving practitioners and researchers the opportunity to discuss what is known […]
Invisible Children
March 28, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
CMF Board member, Professor Jeanette Steemers (King’s College London), Christine Singer (King’s College London) and Professor Naomi Sakr (University of Westminster) are engaged in a long-term project studying children’s media in the Arab world. Their most recent work is an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project on “Children’s Screen Content in an Era of […]
Protecting the Next Generation of Women
March 18, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
Research agency Razor Kids shared a preview with CMF of research they’ve been conducting around girls and their aspirations and self image, The 8th March was International Women’s Day and this month Razor Kids are addressing the issues facing the next generation of young women, and the need to better protect them. We recently spoke […]
Common Sense?
February 28, 2018 Greg Childs CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
CMF Academic Advisory Board member, David Kleeman has written a blog for Kidscreen magazine about the recent Common Sense Media and Center for Humane Technology initiative to create a Roadmap for Kids’ Digital Well Being. He expresses concerns about the way in which the issues were framed at an event associated with the launch and asks whether focusing almost entirely […]
VR and Kids: CMF ‘On the Road’ in 2018
December 22, 2017 Yara Farran CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
After the success of the VR strand at the Children’s Media Conference in July 2017, the Foundation welcomed Alison Norrington to the Exec Group of CMF to explore the research and understanding of the implications of VR on children. As VR becomes ever more a consumer proposition, it’s becoming apparent that not enough is known about its safe use and […]
Parenting for a Digital Future: 2017 Roundup
December 22, 2017 Yara Farran CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
Researchers in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and partners in other territories, are conducting a three-year research project: Preparing for a Digital Future. This blog rounds up their work throughout the past year. As the year winds to a close we look back and we look forward. Back, to the posts […]
New Report: “Young people, youth organisations and galleries – working as allies to spark change”
November 21, 2017 Samantha Lawyer CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
What role can galleries play in young people’s lives? How can arts and youth organisations form partnerships to harness each other’s expertise? Through Circuit, 10 galleries across England and Wales worked with over 50 youth organisations to improve access to the opportunities galleries offer, to a greater range of young people. Circuit tested new forms […]
Call for Writers and Sponsors for the 2018 Children’s Media Yearbook
November 21, 2017 Samantha Lawyer CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
The 2017 Children’s Media Yearbook was distributed to every delegate at the Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield in July 2017. That meant it reached over 1200 people who either work in, or are associated with, the children’s media industry. From everyone who contributed an article, to those who enjoyed reading the book, the feedback was highly appreciative. […]
84% of teen girls in the UK play video games in their spare time https://t.co/xLg0cj9jRF
The video games that are good for your children https://t.co/V2kB5PCr6K
Facebook's Messenger Kids gets mixed reviews from parents in first year https://t.co/QjdpnNqPHd via @CNET
Kidscreen » Archive » Study: TV influence drops in Asia Pacific https://t.co/T7pgncLU1D
Parenting for a Digital Future – Beyond the Silicon Valley: IT professionals worry about their children’s digital future https://t.co/4nfGojueGZ