[ssf] [Upd-discuss] CAMPAIGN: BBC links- influence of media on children & clinton-ordered FTC report
adam basid
adam at diamat.org.uk
Mon Apr 9 13:51:46 BST 2007
03/21/2007 01:08 PM Mashilamani Sambasivam wrote:
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09/21/2006 05:34 PM teresahackett at eircom.net wrote:
> What's this got to do with UPD?
... i think this is a good place to start
i spend a lot of time with this one
wrestling with how to communicate with children
what to tell them,
what to leave until later ...
((( for instance,
here's one that can
quite shock the young
so press delete now
if it resonates some how )))
last chance:
<child_skips>
santa is pretend
</child_skips>
don't get me wrong
<child_skips>
i don't mean the pretend-santas --
the ones you get bouncing kids
off their knees in shopping malls:
the pretend-santas are real
its the real-santa that is pretend
the next one below
can tend to shock children more ...
so switch off your sets
unless you're par ents
in which case you will
have no doubt past dealt
or will deal with soon
at a later yule tide --
picture this:
a child seeing some image
of a lass in loose santa garb
and questioning:
</child_skips>
[ child ]
what's that all about
that red there
can you see it
up there
[ parent ]
yeah but everywhere's up for you
[ child ]
no, not there, there
[ parent ]
oh ...
oh yeah ...
that ...
well ...
er, well ...
where do go from here ...
is it down to the lake i fear ...
that's er ...
that's something and it's nothing ...
it's pictures and it's stories ...
[ child ]
what,
rudey nudey stories ...
[ parent ]
yeah and that ...
but it's mainly adverts ...
like any other comic ...
now
remember the last one you got ...
with that plastic twirly thing on the front ...
[ child ]
perchang ! perchang !
[ parent ]
ouch !
yes, your perchanga
ouch !
mind what you do ...
oh ... you've still got it ...
well, that's lasted nearly a week ..
wonders will never cease ...
well this time ...
what about getting a different comic
or a book or something else
there's twirly-perchangi type things
in other shops
like compasses and gyroscopes
oh ... there's a comic there
with animals and art stuff
oh ...
you've got that perchanga-bit stuck again
haven't you ...
[ child ]
yes, up there, up there ...
she's a got a plastic twirly thing too ...
[ parent ]
yeah ...
.........
as comical as this is
i'd rather have other conversations
with children ...
but when do you start thesedays --
telling stuff ...
and not telling stuff ...
what age the child
the children are all ages
as are the images
i'd prefer it different
a lot different i guess ...
firstly
if these images really have to be sold
or otherwise circulated
can't we put them somewhere where
they are only kept or accessed, by folk
who've reached their majority
or passed some kind of test
or be deemed fit for prescription
or something ...
just some kinda bar
other than cash and interest
think of it this way ...
if it was 50 cl of any flammable fluid
in the work environment
or a fire-cracker
you would likely be required
to go through similar qualification
before being deemed safe to faf
secondly
i remember when i was small
i used to love doing jigsaws
putting the pictures together
when i was bit bigger
i turned them over
and played with their colourful grey b-side
of shape, feel and fit
to complete the task
it takes a lot of concentration
or the task gives one the concentration ...
whichever way round it comes
i think it is clear, that these
sense, mind, body, task-concentrations
repeated over and over again
whether through completing jigsaws
or scoring in a ball sport
tend to manifest in the game-user-stoicheia
they become habits
reinforced learnt behaviors do tend to
<child_skips>
so how does this fit in with pornography
well, the porn-images are pretend too
-- don't get me wrong
i don't mean that the lasses
and other models depicted
in a pretend state of readiness
are pretend --
the models are real
it's their rediness that is pretend
</child_skips>
further,
i understand that these images
are sometimes accompanied
with a narrative, some story
guess what --
these stories are pretend too, and
the vast majority of them
are written by men
[ child ]
are all stories pretend
[ parent ]
ouch
you back skipping
er ...
yeah ... most stories are pretend
[ child ]
what about the news
is that pretend
[ parent ]
most of it
not all if it
why
what you heard
what you seen
<child_skips>
what to tell them,
what to leave until later ...
it depends on what the news is doesn't it --
the images, the stories
quite a lot of time i find myself distracting
myself for sure, and others i guess
from the hard-core produced and propagated images
but as miserable as these images are
they do depict the many facets
of the wasted state of the real
where to look, where to think,
where to sense
when the real is so wasted and stagnant --
the imaginary i guess
-- unicorn variations ii : stranger than fiction
03/21/2007 01:08 PM Mashilamani Sambasivam wrote:
> Hello,
> The following BBC links deal with the huge negative influence
> of media on children. I think you will find it
> very useful. If you found the links useful, please forward this email
> to as many parents / adults as you can. Remember your contribution
> by forwarding to few people may seem small by itself, but considered
> on the whole, it makes a huge difference.
>
> Thanks much,
> Mashi
> (Mashilamani Sambasivam)
>
>
> hollywood sells violence to children-
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/920594.stm
>
> Clinton-ordered Federal Trade Commission Report-
> Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children:
> A review of self-regulation and industry practices
> in the motion picture, music recording, and electronic
> game industries -
> http://www.ftc.gov/reports/violence/vioreport.pdf
>
>
> The executive summary of the FTC report is a must-read:
> Quotes from the summary:
> On June 1, 1999, President Clinton asked the Federal Trade Commission
> and the Department of Justice to undertake a study of whether the
> movie, music recording, and computer and video game industries market
> and advertise products with violent content to youngsters.
>
> The President raised two specific questions:
>
> Do the industries promote products they themselves acknowledge warrant
> parental caution in venues where children make up a substantial
> percentage of the audience?
>
> And are these advertisements intended to attract children and
> teenagers?
>
> For all three segments of the entertainment industry, the answers are
> plainly 'yes'.
>
> Although the motion picture, music recording and electronic game
> industries have taken steps to identify content that may not be
> appropriate for children, companies in those industries routinely
> target children under 17 as the audience for movies, music and games
> that their own rating or labeling systems say are inappropriate for
> children or warrant parental caution due to their violent content.
> Moreover, children under 17 frequently are able to buy tickets to R-
> rated movies without being accompanied by an adult and can easily
> purchase music recordings and electronic games that have a parental
> advisory label or are restricted to an older audience. The practice of
> pervasive and aggressive marketing of violent movies,
> music and electronic games to children undermines the credibility of
> the industries ratings and labels.
>
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