VOY & MAGIC WEB-DIALOGUE

leading up to the

4th World Summit on Media
for Children and Adolescents

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
April 19-23, 2004

GO TO THE DISCUSSION FORUM

ENGLISH - RUSSIAN - SPANISH - FRENCH

Or read the summaries of the
past weeks of the web-dialogue:

Week 1 - in Russian --- Week1 - in English

Week 2 - in Russian --- Week 2 - in English

Week 3 - in Russian --- Week 3 - in English

Week 4 - in Russian --- Week 4 - in English

Introduction

From 15 March through 9 April, UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, invites children and young people from everywhere to join a four-week web-dialogue hosted by UNICEF’s websites, Voices of Youth and MAGIC, in preparation of the 4th World Summit on Media for Children and Adolescents which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 19 – 23 April, 2004.

The web dialogues will run for four weeks and focus on the four themes of the Rio Summit. The dialogues will be moderated by an adolescent Summit delegate and a UNICEF facilitator and be held in English, French, Spanish and Russian. The summaries of these discussions will be presented at the Summit in April.

“One World, Many Voices” is the topic of Week 1 (March 15–19). Here are some of the questions you can help us find the answers to: How does the media in your country portray children and adolescents? Does the media distinguish between children and adolescents by gender, age, culture, ethnicity? What do you think the impact of the media’s portrayal of children and adolescents has on young people? What is the role of young media makers? What role do you think should young people play in the media?

“Media: Market, Audience and Values” is the topic of Week 2 (March 22–26). The main questions will be: How do you think children and adolescents impact the Media and the programmes it chooses to produce? Should the Media dedicate programming to difficult and real life issues that affect children and adolescents today, such as HIV/AIDS, violence and unemployment? If so, what do you think the impact will be on children and adolescents? Should the Media stay away from images that are too violent or sexual? By showing these images is the Media teaching bad habits or exposing children and adolescents to real life issues? Where do parents and guardians fit in? What media skills do children need to learn in schools or elsewhere?

“Challenges to Quality, Alliances for Quality” is the topic of Week 3 (March 29-April 2). The central question is: What is “quality media”? How would you define this term? Do you think everyone has the same definition of “quality media”? Is it possible to produce quality media for war torn countries and country in emergency? What role should society, governments, industry, young people, play in defining and controlling quality media?

The final week of the web-dialogue (April 5-9) will sum up the discussion and will look at the present and the future of the media concerning young people. What should the media make a priority when trying to create quality programming for children and adolescents? Money? Diversity? Awareness about issues? Education? Entertainment?

What is the most important message that needs to be gotten across at the Summit? What issues should the youth delegates raise when talking to media professionals and producers of children’s and youth media in Rio? What issues should be addressed at the Summit that are not on the agenda?

Get ready for the 4th World Summit on Media for Children and Adolescents! Make sure your voice is heard!

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