Growing up fast and furious:A conference

Preliminary notice. Save this date: Sydney, March 19, 2010


The Australian Council on Children and the Mediaand the Children and Families Research Centre,Macquarie University present:
Growing up fast and furious:Reviewing the impacts of violent and sexualised media on children
Saturday 19 March 2010, 9am - 5pm
NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre37 Reservoir Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010

An Australian Conference on Children and the Media, with international researchers, Prof Rowell Huesmann (long term impacts of violent media) , Prof Ed Donnerstein (Internet violence and cyber-bullying) , Distinguished Prof Craig Anderson (violent video games), and Prof Louise Newman (Victoria, sexualisation of children), Dr Wayne Warburton (NSW, violent music videos), Dr Cordelia Fine (Victoria, advertising) and Prof Elizabeth Handsley (SA, regulation and classification).

In this important and timely conference leading researchers will review the evidence related to children’s experiences with a range of violent and sexualised media, examine their marketing, and discuss appropriate regulatory responses, including how well our classification systems reflect current research.

Don’t miss this unprecedented opportunity to see several of the world’s leading researchers on children and the media speaking together in Australia.

This certainly looks good to me. Hope to see you there.