Child and youth participation resource guide
Involvement in political decision-making
Participation in the media
Chambers, Stanley, et al., We’re in Print: The whole story by kids for kids, GRAPEs, New York, 1996.
This book was compiled by the Global Reports Artists Producers Editors (GRAPEs), a group of young writers and artists who made their voices heard through print media. Through their experiences, they provide suggestions, advice, ideas and tools for other young people.
von Feilitzen, Cecilia and Catharina Bucht, Outlooks on Children and Media, Yearbook 2001, Nordicom, ISBN 91-88471-09-1, Sweden, 2001.
This yearbook gives an outline of children and media in the world focusing on current trends in media literacy. It presents the existing knowledge of children and media and efforts made to realize children’s rights in the media. It provides resources on children and media, including information on relevant conferences, declarations, organizations and websites.
von Feilitzen, Cecilia and Ulla Carlsson (eds.), Promote or Protect? Perspectives on media literacy and media regulations, Yearbook 2003, ISBN 91-89471-23-7, Nordicom, Sweden, 2003.
This yearbook contributes reflections on measures to promote the media competence of children, young people and adults, and to protect them from potentially harmful media contents. Discussed issues include parental responsibility, awareness of children’s rights among media professionals, effectiveness of media regulations and children’s participation in media. It concludes that a variety of approaches is needed to maximize children and young people’s participation in the media and to minimize potential risks.
Gigli, Susan, Children, Youth and Media Around the World: An overview of trends and issues, InterMedia and UNICEF, 2004.
This report, presented at the World Summit on Media for Children and Adolescents, provides an overview of trends and issues concerning young people and the media. It is based on a review of existing print and electronic sources, interviews with child media experts from different regions worldwide and InterMedia’s surveys.
Save the Children, Participation of Latin American Child and Adolescent Communicators, In preparation for the Fourth World Summit on Media for Children and Adolescents, Save the Children Sweden, Regional Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004.
This report outlines the learning processes and recommendations of child communicators from Brazil, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru during the World Summit on Media for Children and Adolescents in 2004 in Rio de Janeiro. This forum provided an opportunity for over 150 young people to convene and express their opinions on the media and influence the final outcome of the
summit.
Shuey, Elissa, Young People in the Media: A review of young people’s participation in the media in UNICEF projects for the East Asia and Pacific region, UNICEF EAPRO, Bangkok, 2004.
This report provides an overview of projects involving children and young people in the media. It includes an analysis of the issues and challenges for genuine and effective participation of youngpeople in the media.
UNICEF, The Media and Children’s Rights: A resource for journalists by journalists, UNICEF and MediaWise, UK, 2005.
This resource provides information about children’s rights for journalists. It was compiled by MediaWise for UNICEF based on practical experiences of the journalists.
