Nordicom
In 1997, the Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (Nordicom), University of Gothenburg, Sweden, began establishment of the International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media. The overall point of departure for the Clearinghouse’s efforts with respect to children, youth and media is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The aim of the Clearinghouse is to increase awareness and knowledge about children, youth and media, thereby providing a basis for relevant policy-making, contributing to a constructive public debate, and enhancing children’s and young people’s media literacy and media competence. Moreover, it is hoped that the Clearinghouse’s work will stimulate further research on children, youth and media.
The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media informs various groups of users –researchers, policy-makers, media professionals, voluntary organisations, teachers, students and interested individuals – about• research on children, young people and media, with special attention to media
violence,• research and practices regarding media education and children’s/young people’s
participation in the media, and• measures, activities and research concerning children’s and young people’s media environment.
Fundamental to the work of the Clearinghouse is the creation of a global
network. The Clearinghouse publishes a yearbook and a newsletter.Several bibliographies and a worldwide register of organisations concerned with children and media have been compiled.
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http://www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publikationer/young-people-nordic-digital-media-culture
