Children and violence

The range of media to which children have access has grown rapidly in this generation. Take the books, newspapers, magazines, films, radio, tapes, records, and broadcast television familiar to children of the previous generation, then add dozens of cable t.v. channels, thousands of videos and video games, and millions of Internet sites. The result is a dense electronic bath in which children are immersed daily. This is true not only in the industrialized countries …

…sexual abuse of children, child pornography, and paedophilia on the Internet. It is made up of specialists in child care and child protection, Internet specialists and service providers, media practitioners, law enforcement agencies, and government representatives. Like the network on children and media violence, it aims to promote the exchange of information and co-operation among groups concerned with child rights. It plans to broaden its membership to include parents associations, teachers, and other civic groups.