Remote Control Childhood: Effects of Violence & Sex in Media

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Hours:	7pm-8pm
Ages:	Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Parents Only

Dr. Diane E. Levin is Professor of Education at Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts where she has been training early childhood professionals for over twenty-five years. She teaches courses on play, violence prevention, action research and a summer institute on media literacy.

An internationally recognized expert, Levin helps parents and professionals understand and counteract the harmful effects of violence, war, media and commercial culture on children. Professor Levin has authored or co-authored eight books, published numerous peer-reviewed articles in early childhood and education journals and has also been featured in the popular press.

As a longtime activist, Levin is a founder of Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children’s Entertainment (TRUCE), which prepares materials to help parents deal with the media and commercial culture in their children’s lives. She is also a founder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), which works to education the public about and end the commercial exploitation of children.

Professor Levin holds a B.S. in Child Development from Cornell University, an M.S.Ed. in Special Education from Wheelock College, and earned an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Sociology of Education and Child Development from Tufts University. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

COST

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Free and open to the public. $7 parking fee.

WEBSITE

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fjecc.org

LOCATION

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477 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02215 map
Phone: 617-739-6455

FJECC is located at Temple Israel, 477 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA
617-739-6455
Green Line 'Longwood' T Stop.