Denmark
ANDK 2
Project start/end (duration)
1/9/2006 - 31/8/2008
The Danish node for internet safety awareness is coordinated by the Media Council for Children and Young People. |
The Minister of Culture set up the Media Council for Children and Young People in Denmark in May 1997 after the government had abolished the National Board of Film Censorship. The primary task of the Media Council is to classify films and DVD’s for children over respectively 11 and 15 years of age. Moreover, the Council has an obligation to inform about children’s use of films and computer games.
The Media Council has positioned itself towards the new media landscape. It was part of the EU project SAFT, an acronym that stands for Safety, Awareness, Facts and Tools, with partners from Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Ireland and has functioned as national Awareness Node since 2004.
As Awareness Node under the EU Safer Internet Plus Programme, The Media Council aims to create awareness and inform about children’s use of the internet and new technologies as well as to provide parents and teachers with knowledge and tools for raising children in the network society.
Description: The Media Council for Children and Young People’s web portal’s front page. It consists of four main sections: “Computer Games”, “Films”, “Internet&Mobile” and “Industry”. Via the main portal one can also access the Media Council’s newsletters, publications and pressmaterial as well as the latest news from the Media Council. The Computer Games web section contains information and advice about children and young people’s use of computer games as well as the Pan European Games Information system (PEGI), debate material, publications and films about children’s gaming habits. The Film section consists of information and guidance to the Danish Film Classification system and a database in which one can find the Media Council’s classifications from 1997 to the present. The Industry section is targeted the industry (e.g. cinemas, film renting, video and dvd distributors) and contains information about classification of films as well as application forms for film classification. The Internet & Mobile section consists of information, advice and education material about children and young people’s use of the internet and the mobile. It is targeted primarily parents and teachers.
Description: The ANDK website consists of four sections: “Safer Internet Day”, “The Internet”, “The Mobile”, “Education”. The web section also contains information about INSAFE and has links to the nodes in Europe as well as a “News”- section on the front page with the latest news from the Media Council.
The Safer Internet Day web section has information about the celebration of Safer Internet Day 2005, 2006 and 2007 with a description of national and international initiatives, links for partner events, downloads of materials, films and images from the events. There is also information about Safer Internet Day 2008, which will be updated on a continuous basis. The Internet section has information and advice within the following areas: children’s general use of the internet, web ethics (including images on the internet), online gaming, blogs, chat, filters, spam, online marketing and Europe Direct. The Mobile section consist of advice and information about: Children’s use of the mobile, children’s first mobile (advice), SMS, the mobile generation, mobile content, online games on the mobile, moblogs and Happy Slapping. On the Education section one can find education material as well as an Expert Panel of experts who can be used for presentations and training seminars within the area children’s use of the internet and the mobile.
Description: The ANDK Children’s website carries advice for the safe use of mobile phones and the internet, quizzes and film clips as well as FAQs to use on school projects about films, the internet and mobiles.
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