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Cover (small) September 2008 Youth Studies Australia

Resources for youth studies & youth work


For a comprehensive source of media sources, see:

Parliament of Australia: Parliamentary Library:
Media Internet Resources: Australasia

Organisations

UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media
Website://www.nordicom.gu.se/clearinghouse.php

The UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media serves researchers, policy-makers, media professionals, voluntary organisations, teachers, students and interested individuals. It produces a yearbook, a newsletter, bibliographies and a worldwide register of organisations concerned with children and media.

National Youth Media Network
http://www.cbaa.org.au/nymn/

NYMN is a collection of young media makers who are participating in all forms of media - including print, web, radio and television - across Australia. The aim of this website is to connect with as many young media makers as possible.

Vibewire.net
Website: http://www.vibewire.net/3/

Vibewire.net is a non-profit site for young Australians to express themselves on the issues and cultures which matter to them. It was created and is run by volunteers.

Young Media Australia
Website: http://www.youngmedia.org.au/

Young Media Australia is a unique national community organisation whose members share a strong commitment to the promotion of the healthy development of Australian children. Their particular interest and expertise is in the role that media experiences play in that development.


Australian Children's Television Foundation
http://www.actf.com.au

This national non-profit organisation encourages the development, production and dissemination of high-quality television programs, films and other audiovisual media for children. The ACTF site includes a complete guide to all programs produced at the ACTF since its incorporation in 1982.

The ACTF’s Resource Centre contains an extensive collection of materials on children and the media. The Centre is designed for use by researchers, producers, tertiary students and academics, but is open to all members of the public. The holdings can be searched online. 

Australian Teachers of Media Vic.
http://www.atomvic.org/

ATOM is an independent, non-profit, professional association for Teachers of Media and Teachers who wish to use media effectively in their classroom. ATOM aims to foster and encourage a generation of students who are both multi-literate and 'technologically savvy'. Other Media teachers' organisations can be found in Queensland (ATOM QLD), the Australian Capital Territory (ATOM ACT), and in South Australia (SAAME) as well as in New Zealand. Both Metro Magazine and Australian Screen Education magazine are owned by the Australian Teachers of Media.

Express Media

This national organisation strives to achieve good results in youth literature and media appreciation through its Voiceworks magazine, workshops and spoken word events for young writers/poets/performers.
Web site: http://www.expressmedia.org.au

Other media-related organisations are  listed on the websites of organisations such as the Australian Film Television and Radio School, the Council of Australian Media Education Organisations Inc, or The Production Book Online.

Programs
NOISE
http://www.noise.net.au
This was a national media-based arts festival showcasing creative work by young Australians. The showcase is still online although current projects are not occuring at this point in time.
Bibliographic resources

Mindframe-media
http://www.mindframe-media.info

This resource for media professionals is an online companion to another Mindframe publication, Reporting Suicide and Mental Illness. The resource was developed with the assistance of media professionals, suicide and mental health experts and consumer organisations to inform responsible and appropriate reporting of suicide and mental illness, to minimise harm and copycat behaviour, and reduce the stigma and discrimination experienced by people who have or have had a mental illness.
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Rural youth and multimedia: An interagency approach, by Susan Brumby, Robyn Eversole, Kaye Scholfield & Leanne Watt
v.26, n.4, pp.29-36. Summary | Full text | PDF

Comfortably numb: Young people, drugs and the seductions of popular culture, by Karen Brooks.
v.25, n.2, 2006, pp.9-16.

Precursors to a media frenzy: Supervised chroming, young people in care and the Victorian Government's drug policy, by Judith Bessant.
v.22, n.3, 2003, pp.11-17.

'Hanging out': Print media constructions of young people in 'public space', by
Ruth Panelli, Karen Nairn, Nicola Atwool and Jaleh McCormack.
v.21, n.4, 2002, pp.38-48.

If everybody looked the same: Post-youth culture, by A. Evans
v.20, n.2, 2001, pp.11-16.

A plus for puberty: Multimedia sexuality education for upper primary school students, by K. Powell and T. Simpson.
v.19, n.4, 2000, pp.45-47.

Sex files: Exploring sexuality through Dolly magazine, by M. Kang.
v.19, n.4, 2000, pp.28-33.

Star Wars and writing a popular memory: We'll always have Tatooine, by T. Brabazon.
v.18, n.4, 1999, pp.11-16.

It's all news: Making and remaking the myths of youth, by R. Eckersley.
v.17, n.1, 1998, pp.25-27.

The contradictory position of youth workers in the public sphere, by H. Sercombe.
v.16, n.1, 1997, pp.43-47.

Youth, government and violence in the media, by G. Tait, G. Kendall and B. Carpenter.
v.14, n.3, 1995, pp.19-24.

Generation Pulp: Entertainment and the postmodern generation, by S. Hopkins.
v.14, n.3, 1995, pp.14-17.

What would the Neighbours say? Social values in Ramsay Street, by S.M. Howard.
v.13, n.4, 1994, pp.13-19.

Young people, culture and popular music, by F. Cassidy.
v.10, n.2, 1991, pp.34-39.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as war propaganda?, by J. Hillel.
v.10, n.2, 1991, pp.28-33.

Sun, sea, sand ... and salads? Nutritional messages on television, by H. Morton.
v.10, n.2, 1991, pp.21-27.

How adolescents use the media, by J. Sachs, R. Smith and D. Chant.
v.10, n.2, 1991, pp.16-20.

Making waves: Are juvenile crime waves real or invented?, by H. Sercombe.
v.10, n.2, 1991, pp.11-15.

Press coverage of the Burdekin Report, by R. Fopp
v.8 n.4, 1989, pp.10-12.

Consuming images: Adolescence, food and culture, by L. Manderson
'Youth Studies and Abstracts: Bulletin of the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies', 1988/89 v.7/8 n.4/1, pp.33-37.