Resources - Research Reports
Research Reports are indepth, often quantitative reports around our various programme areas.
Category: Children [REMOVE]
- What Children Want: Children’s choices in programming
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The Media Monitoring Project (MMP)’s research with children and media challenges a number of preconceived ideas about children’s programming, how it is understood, and how it should be regulated. The study aimed to give practical realisation to children’s right to participate in all matters that affect them, as outlined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The research was conducted as part of the MMP’s submission on the draft licence conditions of the SABC, and was supported by Save the Children Sweden. The findings have potentially far-reaching implications for ICASA, in line with the best interests of the child.
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- Children: Dying to Make the News
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The overall aim and objective of Empowering Children and Media project is to analyse the representation of children and children’s rights in the South African news media. This report serves as a baseline study that will enable the development of policies and strategies to address strengths and weaknesses in the coverage of children, as well as further the development of a human rights culture in the media, through training and advocacy initiatives.
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