The power & role of media & technology

Happy East Indian girls pose for photographer on city street.
Happy East Indian girls pose for photographer on city street. © Jayv | Dreamstime Images

Introduction

The section focuses on the timely topic of the role of the media in helping children gain an empathetic understanding of the “other” as a path to building a more peaceful world.

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Topics & initiatives

Two happy puppets sit upon on a desk with photographs - The Media Initiative for Children (N. Ireland).

The Media Initiative for Children (MIFC) – N. Ireland

The MIFC initiative combines cartoon media messages around diversity with an early years’ program to promote positive attitudes on the physical, social and cultural differences among young children, practitioners and parents. 
Father and his two children engage in artwork (Turkey).

Media initiatives | AÇEV— Mother Child Education Foundation - Turkey

AÇEV has partnered with the Blue Butterfly Collaborate and First6Years to develop innovative early childhood development educational media programs.
Sesame Workshop CEO Melvin Ming presents at the ECPC launch at UNICEF HQ, Sept. 2013.

Sesame Workshop

Research suggests international coproductions of Sesame Street and other children's media programs are linked to positive impact on how viewers perceive themselves and their own cultures, as well as how they perceive others.
Serious little boy works carefully on a laptop.

Technology delivery platforms for early childhood development

The rise of mobile communications technology in LMICs is creating new opportunities to expand access to reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health information and services using cell phones and other devices.

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