Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Media

The Good-News Challenge: How the Journalism Center for Children & Families Covers an Important Beat

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:43:11 -0600

Behind the news with the the only journalism nonprofit that focuses exclusively on children, youth and families at risk. What do its leaders think about the state of mainstream media, the power of "good news" and what comes next?

Can Social Media Really Spark Social Change?

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:06:05 -0500

The advocacy organization Every Child Matters persuaded hundreds of members to congratulate President Obama on his first 100 days and on the “kid-friendly parts” of his budget. How did it mobilize so many? Through e-mail, Facebook and Twitter, among other things. But can children’s champions use social media to make a real-world impact? Commentator Ray Schultz talked with Every Child Matters.

Youth Service America Service Project Planning Webinars

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:11:41 -0600

Anyone planning a Semester of Service or Global Youth Service Day project is invited to register for these calls, all at 2:00 pm EST. February 17, 2009 will cover partnerships and volunteer recruitment, March 3 will discuss fundraising and grantwriting and the March 17 webinar will address media and web communications.

Does Watching Sex on Television Predicts Teen Pregnancy

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:34:17 -0600

The answer apparently is yes, according to this report published in Pediatrics. Data from a National Longitudinal Survey of Youth indicate that teens exposed to high levels of television sexual content were twice as likely to become pregnant within the next 3 years, compared with those with lower levels of exposure.

Food Companies Target Online Kids

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:29:30 -0600

CFK Reports From: It's Child's Play: Advergaming and the Online Marketing of Food to Children
Event: Forum
Organized By: Kaiser Family Foundation
Where/When: Barbara Jordan Conference Center; July 19, 2006

The seemingly innocuous online games kids play at the Web sites of companies such as McDonald's, Kraft, and Hershey are targeted marketing tools for food products, according to a study released by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Looking for Balance in Foster Care Views

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:45:54 -0500

When you learn that a teen is in foster care, what is your reaction? Empathy? Curiosity? Apprehension? News stories and popular media portrayals of young people involved with the child welfare system, paired with selective statistics about how this population is faring, can feed apprehension at the expense of a more positive view of the strength that can come from overcoming adversity. La Terra Cole, an intern with Connect For Kids, reflects on some recent "mainstream media" portrayals of foster care.

Violent and Explicit Video Games: Informing Parents and Protecting Children

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:30:14 -0600

CFK Reports From: Violent and Explicit Video Games: Informing Parents and Protecting Children
Event: Hearing
Organized By: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Where/When: June 14, 2006; 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

When it was revealed last year that a popular video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" contained a hidden graphic sex scene unlocked by downloadable software, members of Congress waged a war against graphic content in video games.

Young Writers Finding a Powerful Voice

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:34:45 -0500

Youth Communication, the non-profit founded by Keith Hefner in New York City to give young people a voice on the things that matter to them, is now 25 years old—a notable milestone in the notoriously under-funded world of youth media. Lisa R. Rhodes, a former Youth Communication writer herself, looks at how Hefner's organization has grown and thrived, transforming young lives along the way.

Turn Beauty Inside Out Girls Leadership Retreat 2006

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:17:38 -0600

Start: Jun 21 2006 - 8:00am

End: Jun 24 2006 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

The Turn Beauty Inside Out Girls Leadership Retreat 2006 will focus on the music industry.

Turn Beauty Inside Out Day

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:24:37 -0600

Start: May 17 2006 - 12:00am

End: May 17 2006 - 11:59pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

The Turn Beauty Inside Out (TBIO) Campaign is an ongoing public education effort started by New Moon� Magazine and now coordinated by Mind on the Media.

Teens Help Teens Stay Safe Online

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:03:32 -0500

While parents worry about potential dangers to their children lurking in our web-surfing, IM-ing, text-messaging culture, their efforts to help can be hampered by their own lack of knowledge. The Teenangels program—which trains young people to protect their peers online—is one way around that problem. Tamekia Reece takes a look.

Where the Girls Aren't: in Kids' Films

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:57:42 -0600

The "G" in family movie ratings clearly doesn't stand for "girl-power." Researchers at the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Southern California studied 101 kids' flicks and found that male roles predominate: three of four characters are male, and fewer than one in three of speaking roles overall belongs to a female. There's evidence that exposure to television is a "significant and positive" predictor of sex role acceptance and attitudes among children and adults. The study was study sponsored by the nonprofit Dads and Daughters and its See Jane program.

Better Health through...Video Games?

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:30:32 -0600

Here�s some good news about technology�s impact on kids. While traditional video games are among the culprits behind an increasingly inactive lifestyle for children, a new type of video game is actually helping kids become more physically active.

The Porn Standard: Keeping Kids Safe Online

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:06:33 -0600

Third Way , a progressive strategy center, has issued a report detailing the extent to which the Internet pornography industry influences children's lives, and the steps parents, policymakers, the porn industry, and others can take to prevent harm to children. Among the facts the group cites: the largest group of consumers of Internet pornography are youth 12-17 years of age.

Sex on TV: More Sex, Less Safety since 1998

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:24:01 -0600

About 70 percent of all network television shows contain some sexual content, showing an average of five sexual scenes per hour, and the number of scenes containing such content has increased 96 percent since 1998. The rate of references to safer sex issues is down slightly from 2002, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation report.