The Corporate Takeover of Childhood:
Who's paying the price?

The 3rd Australian Conference on Children and the Media presented by ACCM in association with the Children and Families Research Centre Macquarie University

Friday 9 March 2012, 9am - 5pm
242 Telstra Conference Centre
242 Exhibition Street (cnr Lonsdale St)
Melbourne, VIC

Our society has many ways of convincing children that their happiness, and their very identity, depend on what they buy and what they own. The evidence shows that consumerism doesn't make children happier or healthier.

This raises the question: How can we make sure healthy child development is given due consideration in exploitative commercial environments? This conference will explore the issues, review the research and discuss possible remedies.

• Prof Stephen Kline (author Globesity) - Fast food/sluggish kids: Researching media-saturated domesticity
• Jane Caro (Gruen Planet) - Industry perspectives on advertising and marketing to children
• Prof Rob Moodie - Advertising to death: The promotion of unhealthy behaviours
• Prof Elizabeth Handsley – How well does the law protect children from commercialism?
• Prof Douglas Gentile - Recent research on video game addiction
• Dr Wayne Warburton and Dr C Glenn Cupit – What effects do narratives in advertising have on children?: a conversation 
• Prof Sharon Beder (author This little kiddy went to market) - The corporate capture of childhood
• Dr Wendy Varney - Marketing toys to children 
• Julie Gale (KF2BK) - Being a child in a commercialised world
• Commissioner Sarah Court (ACCC) - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission' s role in protecting children  

Chaired by Prof Alan Hayes, Director of the Australian Institute of Family Studies

Registration:

Full registration (Jan 17 to Mar 9) - $275 (ARACY members $250)
Student /Concession - $130 (Contact ACCM)

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For more information, contact ACCM:
admin@youngmedia.org.au  or PH 08 8376 2111

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