Protection of Minors and Human Dignity

Workshop of scientific experts in the field of the Protection of Minors on Media Violence, Self-regulation and Media Literacy, 10 September 2003 in Brussels

Agenda

Welcome and introduction by the Chairman: Mr. Jean-Eric de Cockborne, Head of the Audiovisual Policy Unit, European Commission.

"Minors and media, towards a more effective protection" - Keynote speech by Mrs. Viviane REDING, Member of the European Commission, Commissioner for Education and Culture.

Round Table on issues concerning Media Violence:

"Medienverwahrlosung" (Media Degeneracy) - Short introduction by Prof. Christian Pfeiffer, Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen e.V., Germany.

"Les goûts des jeunes: décalages entre perception et régulation" (Youth taste: discrepancy between perception and regulation)- Short introduction by Mrs. Divina Frau-Meigs, Professeur a l’université d’Orléans, sociologue des médias, France.

"Análisis de la Violencia y los Medios de Comunicación en España : Efectos y Recomendaciones" (Analysis of Media Violence in Spain: Effects and Recommendations) - Short introduction by Mrs. Teresa Farnós de los Santos, Scientific Coordinator of the Queen Sofia Center for the Study of Violence, Spain.

"How children interpret on-screen violence" - Short introduction to subject by Mrs. Andrea Millwood-Hargrave, Research Director of the Broadcasting Standards Commission/Independent Television Commission, United Kingdom.

Round Table on issues concerning Self- and co-regulation:

"The NICAM model and does it work?" – Short introduction by Drs. Wim Bekkers, Director Nederlands Instituut voor de Classificatie van Audiovisuele Media (NICAM), The Netherlands.

"Regulierung und Aufsicht im Wandel" (Regulation and control in change) - Short introduction by Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Ring, President, Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien, München, Germany.

Round Table on issues concerning Media Literacy:

"Media Education in Malta" – Short introduction by Fr. Joseph Borg, Lecturer in Communications Studies at the Centre for Communications Technology and the Faculty of Theology, University of Malta, Malta.

"I linguaggi dei media nell'educazione" (The languages of media in education) – Short introduction by Prof.ssa Gianna Marrone, Professore Associato di ruolo di Storia della letteratura per l'infanzia e di Storia della letteratura dell'infanzia e dell'editoria giovanile, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Italy.

Contributions from other participants:

"Media Violence in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Global Study on Children´s Media Behaviour and Some Educational Implications" – Article by Prof. Dr. Jo Groebel, Director-General, The European Institute for the Media, Düsseldorf/Paris.
“Visuality, Vulnerability and Visual Harassment” - Article by Mrs. Sari Näre, Doctor of Political Sciences Academy of Finland, University of Helsinki.
“Regulierte Selbstregulierung als Form modernen Regierens” (Regulated Self-Regulation as a Form of Modern Government) - Article by Dr Wolfgang Schulz / Thorsten Held, Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung.