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Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union The ABU is an association of the radio and television networks of the Asia-Pacific region. Find information about it's activities on behalf of its members as well as a regional news summary. This site includes links to its members and to related organisations. |
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Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcast Development The AIBD is a unique regional inter-governmental organisation servicing electronic media organisations in the Asia-Pacific. AIBD is a training and skills-development coordinator. |
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Australian Communications and Media Authority The ACMA is the Australian Government's independent federal statutory authority responsible for the regulation of free-to-air radio and television, pay TV, digital broadcasting and Internet content in Australia. Find out about the regulations and criteria for children's programs in Australia. |
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Philippine Children's Television Foundation PCTVF is an independent, not-for-profit organisation committed to maximizing varied forms of mass media for education such as television, radio, print and video production. Visit their research archive or learn about their current projects. |
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Links to International Broadcasters Radio Television Hong Kong has a huge list of international broadcasters' web addresses. Explore the sites and learn about how other broadcasters schedule their programming for children, and what they offer as support materials for their programs. |
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Prix Jeunesse Festival The biennial Prix Jeunesse Festival brings together several hundred international producers to watch, assess and discuss children's programs in a number of categories. Learn more about what Prix Jeunesse is, how it works or how to enter one of your programs in the competition. |
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World Summit The ACTF hosted the First World Summit in Melbourne in 1995 and has been involved with the organisation of each successive Summit. Summits are held every three years. The Fifth World Summit is to be held in South Africa in 2007. |
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Australian Centre for the Moving Image- ACMI The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) is a state-of-the-art centre for the public exhibition, display and preservation of Australian and international screen content in all its forms. The site lists public programs at the centre and describes educational programs and visual literacy resources for teachers that include study guides and workshops and provides a comprehensive list of relevant links and organisations online. |
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Centre for Media Literacy (USA) Provides resources, news and ideas for media education. There is a comprehensive library of articles online which are useful for teachers and researchers. |
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Enhance TV This Australian site offers resources for teaching with television. It describes new and soon-to-be-released film and TV programs, media studies articles, study guides, lesson plans, teachers' notes and a weekly TV guide to upcoming broadcast programs of educational value. It also contains up-to-date information about copying from TV for educational purposes. |
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Australian Teachers Of Media- ATOM ATOM is an independent, non-profit, professional association promoting the study of Media. ATOM’s site publishes information and resources for teachers of media and provides links to other media teaching organisations. |
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Metro Magazine and Australian Screen Education This site is the publications arm of ATOM. It provides information about the national media education journal Australian Screen Education and other ATOM media publications, the ATOM speakers bureau, has access to joining the email broadcast list and it has free study guides to Australian films and TV and information about the annual ATOM Awards for film and television. |
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Council of Australian Media Education Organisations Inc. CAMEO CAMEO aims to provide communication and a forum for the free exchange of ideas between media education organisations of the states & territories of Australia and New Zealand and to promote media education to government, students, teachers and to the public at large. Media education conferences and events and all of its state affiliates are detailed. |
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MediaEd. A U.K. site for teachers, students and anyone else who's interested in media and moving image education in primary, secondary, further and informal education. It has free resources for teachers that include lesson plans, worksheets and articles to teach media. |
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The Curriculum Corporation Publishes resources in support of the teaching profession. Print publications includes professional reading on current teaching and learning theories and practical teacher resouces offering teaching tips and subject content, including visual literacy. Free online resources cover a number of content areas and issues, discussion groups and professional journals. |
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For general advice about development, classification and financing production of children's television programs, the following organisations provide useful resources: |
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The film and television funding body in your state may also be of assistance, such as: |
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The Victorian Parenting Centre The site has online guides containing suggestions and strategies for parents to assist their children to obtain the most benefit from media use. They cover television, the Internet, electronic games and mobile phones. |
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Australian Communications and Media Authority Current regulations pertaining to children and the media in Australia. |
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Cybersmart Kids. The ABA has a website with hints and tips for children and parents about sensible Internet use. |
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Office of Film and Literature Classification Provides an explanation of the ratings system for television. |
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Young Media Australia An Australian non-government organisation interested in protecting children from the negative effects of the media. The site has comprehensive details about broadcasters, regulation of the media and links to all relevant bodies pertaining to children and television in Australia. |
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The Media Awareness Network for Parents A Canadian site with many useful articles about children’s media use and the influence of the media on children. |
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for Media Education An American site that covers many of the issues parents and communities are concerned about in relation to children and media. |
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