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  • PDF - Television, videos and grandchildren
  • PDF - Using television sensibly
  • PDF - Violence on television
• Fact Sheets
  • PDF - Effects of the media from a child development perspective
  • PDF - Should my child have a television in his or her bedroom?
  • PDF - Nightmares
  • PDF - Scary stuff: what scares children?
  • PDF - How much time should my children spend with the media?
  • PDF - How to decide what is appropriate for your family
  • PDF - Scary movies: true or false?
  • PDF - Overview of the effects of violence in the media
  • PDF - Violence: true or false?
  • PDF - Advertising - an overview
  • PDF - Food advertising
  • PDF - Effect of advertising on children’s body image
  • PDF - Strategies for parents around advertising
  • PDF - Advertising: true or false
  • PDF - Overview of computer and video games
  • PDF - Strategies for parents around computer and video games
  • PDF - Computer games: true or false
  • PDF - What is the internet?
  • PDF - The internet – benefits, dangers and strategies
  • PDF - What are the risks involved with my child using the internet?
  • PDF - Should my child have internet access in his or her bedroom?
  • PDF - Tips for safe internet use
  • PDF - How to choose the best television, movies, games and websites
  • PDF - Top ten tips for parents
  • PDF - Fact Sheet Order Form
• Submissions
  • YMA'S Submission to the Office of Film and Literature Classification Review of Classification Guidelines for Films and Video Games
  • YMA's Submission to the Australian Broadcasting Authority's Review of the Australian Content Standard

What's New

• In the News
  • Archives - 2004
  • Archives - 2003
  • Archives - 2002
• Archive
  • Young Media Australia Press release
  • Government statement regarding
    R rating for computer games
  • Press release - Bob the Builder
  • Press release - Friday 6 September 2002
  • YMA Helpline Launch
  • YMA Helpline Launch Press Release
  • Young Media Australia Helpline Launch - Transcript of speeches - 2 July 2002
  • MEDIA RELEASE - Helping children cope with the media coverage of war
  • MEDIA RELEASE - Parents angered by media coverage of war and its impact on their children
  • MEDIA RELEASE - M rated movies target young boys
  • OFLC's Combined Classification Guidelines - Critique
  • OFLC's Combined Classification Guidelines - Final Comment
  • MEDIA RELEASE - Media violence concerns still high
  • MEDIA RELEASE - 190 Numbers
  • Phillip Adams comments on "corporate paedophilia"
  • MEDIA RELEASE - Axing of “Behind the News” disastrous for children
  • MEDIA RELEASE - Wake up call: do we see our kids as commodities?
  • CTVA Code Review
  • MEDIA RELEASE - Sweeping cuts proposed to G time on TV
  • Family-unfriendly proposals in CTVA Code
  • MEDIA RELEASE - Computer Game Violence
  • Media violence experts shun FTC seminar - Letter
  • MEDIA RELEASE - Bouquets and Brickbats for World Television Day
  • Behind the News - end of a series and of an era
  • YMA challenges MA15+ change
  • MEDIA RELEASE - YMA supports Safer Internet Day
  • MEDIA RELEASE - Mind Over Media: Using the media to help children’s development
  • MEDIA RELEASE - Harry Potter not for the littlies warns psychologist
  • MEDIA RELEASE - Parents’ job made harder by new TV industry code
    
• Latest Research

Information about media and children

• Media effects - general
  • Effects of the media from a child development perspective
  • Should my child have a television in his or her bedroom
  • Nightmares
  • Watching the TV news
  • Scary stuff: what scares children?
  • Tragic world events in the media: Questions and answers for parents
  • Tragic world events in the media: An ages and stages approach to helping your children cope
  • Scary movies: true or false?
  • How much time should my children spend with the media
  • How to decide for your family
• Effects of violence in the media
  • Effects of media violence on children
  • Short term and long term effects of violence in the media
  • Dealing with harms that have already occurred
  • Violence: true or false?
• Effects of advertising directed at children
  • Advertising - an overview
  • Food advertising
  • Toy advertising
  • Standards in relation to advertising
  • Effects of advertising on children's body image
  • Strategies for parents around advertising
  • Advertising: true or false?
• Physical risks associated with use of the media
  • Physical effects of media use
• Computer and video games
  • Overview of computer and video games
  • Violence in computer and video games
  • Violent Video Games and Other Media Violence: Craig Anderson answers FAQs
  • Choosing good computer and video games
  • Strategies for parents around computer and video games
  • Computer games: true or false?
• Computers and the internet
  • What is the internet?
  • The internet — benefits, dangers and strategies
  • How much time should my child spend on the Internet
  • What are the risks involved with my child using the Internet
  • Internet filtering software-what it is and how to use it
  • Should my child have Internet access in his or her bedroom
  • Tips for safe Internet use
• Choosing the best - reviews
  • Choosing for children - principles and charters
  • How to choose the best television, movies, games and websites
  • TV - selected programs and reviews
  • Movies - selected titles and reviews
    • A Cinderella Story
    • A Good Woman
    • A Mighty Wind
    • About a Boy
    • Aeon Flux
    • Agent Cody Banks
    • Agent Cody Banks 2—Destination London
    • Amazing Grace
    • An Inconvenient Truth
    • Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging
    • Ant Bully, The
    • Aquamarine
    • Are we done yet?
    • Are we there yet?
    • Around the World in 80 Days
    • Arthur and the Invisibles
    • Aviator
    • Baby Mama
    • Banaras
    • Barnyard: The Original Party Animal
    • Batman begins
    • Be Kind Rewind
    • Beauty Shop
    • Bee Movie
    • Because of Winn-Dixie
    • Becoming Jane
    • Benchwarmers, The
    • Bend It Like Beckham
    • Beverly Hills Chihuahua
    • Bewitched
    • Big Fat Liar
    • Big Fish
    • Blades of Glory
    • Blue Crush
    • Bonneville
    • Boogeyman
    • BoyTown
    • Bratz: The Movie
    • Bride and Prejudice
    • Bridge to Terabithia
    • Bridget Jones: The Age of Reason
    • Bringing down the house
    • Brother Bear
    • Bruce Almighty
    • Bulletproof Monk
    • Calendar Girls
    • Cars
    • Cat in the Hat
    • Catch that kid
    • Catwoman
    • Cave of the Yellow Dog, The
    • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    • Charlotte's Web
    • Cheaper by the dozen
    • Cheaper by the Dozen 2
    • Chicken Little
    • Christmas with the Kranks
    • Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    • Clifford's Really Big Movie
    • College Road Trip
    • Confessions of a teenage drama queen
    • Connie and Carla
    • Constantine
    • Country Bears
    • Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
    • Curious George
    • Daddy Day Care
    • Dan in Real Life
    • Daredevil
    • Dark Knight, The
    • Death Defying Acts
    • December Boys
    • Deck the Halls
    • Deep Blue
    • Definitely, Maybe
    • Die Hard 4.0
    • Dinosaurs 3D: Giants of Patagonia
    • Dirty Dancing 2
    • Dodgeball
    • Down with love
    • Dreamer
    • Dreamgirls
    • Drillbit Taylor
    • Driving Lessons
    • Dukes of Hazzard
    • Eight Below
    • Elephant Tales
    • Elf
    • Elizabethtown
    • Ella Enchanted
    • Emperor's Club
    • Enchanted
    • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
    • Epic Movie
    • Eragon
    • Evan Almighty
    • Evelyn
    • Fantastic Four
    • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
    • Farce of the Penguins
    • Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
    • Fast Food Nation
    • Fat Albert
    • Fighting Temptations, The
    • Finding Nemo
    • Finding Neverland
    • First Daughter
    • Five Children and IT
    • Flicka
    • Flushed Away
    • Fool's Gold
    • Footy Legends
    • Forbidden Kingdom
    • Freaky Friday
    • Fred Claus
    • Friday Night Lights
    • Game Plan, The
    • Garfield
    • Garfield 2
    • Georgia Rule
    • Get Smart
    • Ghost Rider
    • Girl with a Pearl Earring
    • Glory Road
    • Goal II: Living the Dream
    • Golden Compass, The
    • Good Boy!
    • Grudge, The
    • Grudge 2, The
    • Hairspray
    • Hancock
    • Hannah Montana
    • Happily N'Ever After
    • Happy Feet
    • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets reviewed by Charlotte Baker (aged 12 years)
    • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    • Hating Alison Ashley
    • Haunted Mansion
    • Hellboy II - The Golden Army
    • Help! I'm a fish
    • Herbie Fully Loaded
    • Hey Hey it's Esther Blueburger
    • Hitch
    • Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    • Holes
    • Home on the Range
    • Honey
    • Hoodwinked
    • Hoot
    • Horton Hears a Who
    • Hot Rod
    • House of Flying Daggers
    • How to Eat Fried Worms
    • Howl's Moving Castle
    • How to Lose a Guy in 10 days
    • I now pronounce you Chuck & Larry
    • Ice Age
    • Ice Age : The Meltdown
    • In Good Company
    • In the Shadow of the Moon
    • Incredible Hulk
    • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    • Into the Blue
    • Iron Man
    • Johnny English
    • John Tucker Must Die
    • Journey to the Center of the Earth
    • Jungle Book 2
    • Juno
    • Just Like Heaven
    • Just Married
    • Just My Luck
    • Kangaroo Jack
    • Kenny
    • Kicking and Screaming
    • Kingdom of Heaven
    • Kung Fu Hustle
    • Kung Fu Panda
    • Lady in the Water
    • Lake House, The
    • Lars and the Real Girl
    • Lassie
    • Last Holiday
    • Laws of Attraction
    • Leatherheads
    • Legally Blonde 2
    • Lemony Snicket's: A series of unfortunate events
    • Like Mike
    • Lilo & Stitch
    • Little Manhattan
    • Little Miss Sunshine
    • Lizzie McGuire Movie, the
    • Looney Tunes: Back in Action
    • Lords of Dogtown
    • Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
    • Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
    • Lost in Translation
    • Love Guru, The
    • Love’s Brother
    • Lucky You
    • Madagascar
    • Maid in Manhattan
    • Make it Happen
    • Mamma Mia!
    • March of the Penguins
    • Marie Antoinette
    • Material Girls
    • Matrix Reloaded
    • Mean Girls
    • Meet Dave
    • Meet the Robinsons
    • Meet the Spartans
    • Men in Black II
    • Millions
    • Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
    • Miss Pettigrew lives for a day
    • Miss Potter
    • Mona Lisa Smile
    • Monster-in-Law
    • Monster House
    • Mostly Martha
    • Mr Bean's Holiday
    • Mr Deeds
    • Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium
    • Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
    • Music and Lyrics
    • My Big Fat Greek Wedding
    • My Super Ex-Girlfriend
    • Nacho Libre
    • Nancy Drew
    • Nanny Diaries
    • Napoleon Dynamite
    • National Treasure
    • National Treasure - Book of Secrets
    • Nativity Story, The
    • Ned Kelly
    • New York Minute
    • Night at the Museum
    • Nightmare Before Christmas 3D
    • Nim's Island
    • No Reservations
    • Norbit
    • Oliver Twist
    • On a Clear Day
    • Opal Dream
    • Open Season
    • Over the Hedge
    • Pacifier
    • Peter Pan
    • Phantom of the Opera
    • Piglet’s Big Movie
    • Pink Panther
    • Pirates of the Caribbean
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    • Pooh’s Heffalump Movie
    • Prairie Home Companion, A
    • Pride and Prejudice
    • Princess Diaries 2 - The Royal Engagement
    • Racing Stripes
    • Raise your voice
    • Razzle Dazzle
    • Rebound
    • Resident Evil: Apocalypse
    • Robots
    • Rugrats go wild
    • Run, Fat Boy, Run
    • R.V.
    • Sahara
    • Santa Clause 2
    • Santa Clause 3
    • Scary Movie 4
    • School of Rock
    • Scooby Doo
    • Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
    • Scoop
    • Secondhand Lions
    • Serving Sara
    • Shaggy Dog, The
    • Shanghai Knights
    • Shark Tale
    • Sharkwater
    • She's the Man
    • Shrek 2
    • Simpsons Movie, The
    • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
    • Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
    • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
    • Sky High
    • Snow Dogs
    • Son of Rambow
    • Son of the Mask
    • Space Chimps
    • Speed Racer
    • Spellbound
    • Spiderman
    • Spider-man 2
    • Spider-Man 3
    • Spiderwick Chronicles
    • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
    • Spirited Away
    • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
    • Spy Kids 3D: Game Over
    • St Trinians
    • Star Trek: Nemesis
    • Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
    • Star Wars - The Clone Wars (animated)
    • Stardust
    • Starsky and Hutch
    • Step Up
    • Step Up 2 the Streets
    • Stick It
    • Stormbreaker
    • Stuart Little 2
    • Suddenly 30
    • Superhero Movie
    • Superman Returns
    • Surf's Up
    • Sweet Home Alabama
    • Sydney White
    • Take the Lead
    • Tales from Earthsea
    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT)
    • Ten Canoes
    • The 11th Hour
    • The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (3D)
    • The Ant Bully
    • The Benchwarmers
    • The Cave of the Yellow Dog
    • The Chubbchubbs
    • The Company
    • The Dark Knight
    • The Devil Wears Prada
    • The Game Plan
    • The Golden Compass
    • The Grudge
    • The Grudge 2
    • The Hulk
    • The Incredibles
    • The Island
    • The Lake House
    • The Love Guru
    • The Nanny Diaries
    • The Nativity Story
    • The Notebook
    • The Perfect Man
    • The Polar Express
    • The Prince and Me
    • The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
    • The Shaggy Dog
    • The Simpsons Movie
    • The Spiderwick Chronicles
    • The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
    • The Terminal
    • The Pursuit of Happyness
    • The Water Horse
    • The Wild
    • The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
    • Thunderbirds
    • Thunderpants
    • Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
    • Titanic 3D: Ghosts of the Abyss
    • 2 Fast, 2 Furious
    • Transformers
    • Treasure Planet
    • 27 Dresses
    • Two Brothers
    • Two Weeks Notice
    • Unaccompanied Minors
    • Underdog
    • Uptown Girls
    • Vanity Fair
    • V for Vendetta
    • View from the top
    • Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
    • WALL-E
    • War of the Worlds
    • Water Horse
    • Wedding Crashers
    • Welcome to Mooseport
    • Whale Rider
    • What a Girl Wants
    • Wild Child
    • Wild Hogs
    • Wild Thornberrys Movie, The
    • Win a date with Tad Hamilton
    • Wondrous Oblivion
    • Wordplay
    • World's Fastest Indian
    • World Trade Center
    • X-Men 2
    • X-Men: The Last Stand
    • XXX 2: The Next Level
    • You Got Served
    • You, Me and Dupree
    • Yours, Mine and Ours
    • Yu-Gi-Oh!
    • Zathura: A Space Adventure
  • Games - selected titles and reviews
  • Websites - selected sites and reviews
• Strategies for parents and other caregivers
  • Top ten tips for parents
  • Dealing with harms that have already occurred
• Readings & research
  • Media effects - general
  • Violence
  • Advertising
  • Food advertising
  • Physical effects
  • Computer/video games
  • Computers & the internet
  • Media education

Codes, classifications and complaints

• Who does what in the media industry
• Codes
  • Codes - free-to-air TV
  • Codes - Pay TV
  • Codes - cinema films, home videos and DVDs
  • Codes - computer and video games
  • Codes - Internet
  • Codes - other media
• Classifications
  • Classifications - free-to-air
  • Classifications - Pay TV
  • Classifications - films, videos, DVDs
  • Classifications - computer games
  • Classifications - Internet
  • Classifications - publications
• How to complain
  • Complaints - free to air TV
  • Complaints - Pay TV
  • Complaints - films, videos and DVDs
  • Complaints - computer games
  • Complaints - Internet
  • Complaints - other media

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