Karlstad — SWEDISH Minister for Culture, Ms. Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Monday, opened the sixth World Summit on Media for Children and Youths with a call for participants to maximise the opportunities available at the conference to impact on their countries.
Liljeroth declared the summit opened at the Grand Hall, University of Karlstad, amidst cultural performances by children and youths. Though the colourful performances were done in Swede language, the rhythmic lyric was quite interesting as it gave participants a taste of Swedish culture.
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June 15, 2010
May 26, 2010
SURVEYS: UK Youth Media Council @ 6th World Summit on Media for Children and Youth
From the UK Youth Media Council
Six young people from across the UK have been selected to represent the UK, at the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth taking place in less than 3 weeks, in Sweden http://www.wskarlstad2010.se/.
Six young people from across the UK have been selected to represent the UK, at the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth taking place in less than 3 weeks, in Sweden http://www.wskarlstad2010.se/.
The Summit is the largest global event with over 1500 media experts and young people present to debate and produce recommendations to the media on a global scale by taking into consideration issues such as representation, education, economics, law, ethics and responsibilities.
The young people from the UK will make up the UK Youth Media Council and will be working alongside young people from other countries across the world to produce new recommendations for improving the media for children and young people.
The issues that we will talking about include the lack of a youth voice and negative portrayal of young people in the media. Also safeguarding children and youth from the internet (eg cyberbullying), lack of media literacy at primary schools and the imbalance between commercial and social responsibility interests.
We have come up with a few recommendations, one is for an International Children and Youth Media Day. We urgently need young children and young people to fill in our survey (2 minutes) to gather the views and opinions of how young people think about the media in our country.
We have come up with a few recommendations, one is for an International Children and Youth Media Day. We urgently need young children and young people to fill in our survey (2 minutes) to gather the views and opinions of how young people think about the media in our country.
Please click on the link below to take the survey:
DEADLINE Thursday 10th June
May 5, 2010
PRESS RELEASE / NEWSLETTER: 6th World Summit on Media for Children
This summer, June 14-18, the foremost experts and inspirers in media for children and youth will gather in By choosing to participate in the World Summit, you have a unique opportunity to take part in all the knowledge and experience there is around the media world that children and youth live in. Besides meeting the foremost experts in the field, you also have the chance to establish valuable connections with colleagues from all over the world. Register now at: http://www.wskarlstad2010.se/register.php. You find more information about the programme in our homepage.
During the event, you will be able to contribute to new international recommendations to translate words into deeds, but we also need your collaboration prior the event: help us to spread the word about the Summit among your network and colleagues, forwarding general information/this email, signing up to our newsletter or even publishing information in your own institutional newsletter/website.
April 23, 2010
EVENTS: Nordicom Research Forum Children, Youth and Media
Next World Summit on Media for Children and Youth is hosted by the city of Karlstad in Sweden 2010. The programme introduces more than 100 sessions with a focus on children, youth and media. International well known experts and researchers will present keynote speeches, panels, round table discussions, seminars and workshops.
The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media at NORDICOM, University of Gothenburg, organizes four special sessions of a Research Forum in co-operation with the Summit. The aim of each Forum is to provide a space for knowledge and dialogue between the different groups of delegates at the Summit and for researchers to reach out to interested parties in and outside the research community - teachers, media professionals, decision makers, regulators, etc.
The Research Forum will be introduced in a Plenary Session where current research on children, youth and media is presented by well reputed scholars from the international research community. There will also be Poster Sessions where researchers attending the event can present findings from their recent and on-going projects.
All the presentations given in the four sessions of the Research Forum will be published in the Yearbook 2011 of the International Clearinghouse of Children, Youth and Media at Nordicom.
This Research Forum is a very real opportunity to contribute to the international discussion on the increasingly important issue of young people and media in the world. Multilateral solutions to vital global issues are more essential than ever in the age of rapid digitization. Several of these have a strong media and communication component - not least issues regarding children and media. Issues that touch on vital democratic values.
For further information see http://www.wskarlstad2010.se/researchforum.php
The International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media at NORDICOM, University of Gothenburg, organizes four special sessions of a Research Forum in co-operation with the Summit. The aim of each Forum is to provide a space for knowledge and dialogue between the different groups of delegates at the Summit and for researchers to reach out to interested parties in and outside the research community - teachers, media professionals, decision makers, regulators, etc.
The Research Forum will be introduced in a Plenary Session where current research on children, youth and media is presented by well reputed scholars from the international research community. There will also be Poster Sessions where researchers attending the event can present findings from their recent and on-going projects.
All the presentations given in the four sessions of the Research Forum will be published in the Yearbook 2011 of the International Clearinghouse of Children, Youth and Media at Nordicom.
This Research Forum is a very real opportunity to contribute to the international discussion on the increasingly important issue of young people and media in the world. Multilateral solutions to vital global issues are more essential than ever in the age of rapid digitization. Several of these have a strong media and communication component - not least issues regarding children and media. Issues that touch on vital democratic values.
For further information see http://www.wskarlstad2010.se/researchforum.php
March 23, 2010
NEWS / EVENTS / CONFERENCES: Journalists invited to World Summit on Media for Children and Youth
Posted on: 18/03/2010 Basic Journalism, Young Journalists Region: WorldwideMedia educators, researchers, media industry officials and all others with an interest in media for youth are invited to the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth, to be held in Karlstad, Sweden from June 14 to 18.
At the event, which will be attended by approximately 500 delegates from 80 countries, over 100 experts will share their knowledge and expertise on the topic. Sessions focus on media and health, media and sexuality, news for children, human rights, media for peace, youth media consumers and more.
Registration costs US$475.
For more information, click here. Questions can be directed to the Conference Administration of Karlstad University at worldsummit2010@kau.se.
Source - Conference website
March 5, 2009
EVENTS: 6th World Summit on Media for Children
World Summit Karlstad Sweden 2010 has changed the congress dates to June 14-18, 2010. The decision was taken by the Karlstad Steering Group fully supported by the World Summit Foundation on March 4.
The new dates will offer better opportunities to strengthen Media Literacy and enable Nordic teachers of all categories to attend this international event.
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