Diane Levin
Encyclopedia
Diane Levin is an American author
, educator, and advocate known for her work in media literacy
and media effects on children.
Levin is a professor of education at Wheelock College
in Boston. She teaches courses on children's play, violence prevention and media literacy. Together with her colleagues: Gail Dines
and Petra Hesse, Levin teaches an annual summer seminar at Wheelock college. The institute: "Media Education in a Violent Society" was developed to address the effects of media violence on children.
Since 1985, Levin has been working with issues of violence in media culture and its effects on children, families, and schools.
She is a founder of TRUCE (Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment) http://www.truceteachers.org. Every year before the December holidays, TRUCE publishes a "Toy Action Guide" on their website. TRUCE also has a Media and Young Children Action Guide on line. Levin is also a founder of CCFC, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
.
Companies, products, marketing practices & corporations criticized by Levin and the CCFC include, but are not limited to:
BusRadio
, Barbie
, Channel One News
, marketing in schools, marketing to infants & children under 8, and highly sexualized marketing.
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, educator, and advocate known for her work in media literacy
Media literacy
Media literacy is a repertoire of competences that enable people to analyze, evaluate, and create messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres, and forms.-Education:...
and media effects on children.
Levin is a professor of education at Wheelock College
Wheelock College
Wheelock College is a private, coeducational college located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school was founded in 1888 by Lucy Wheelock. The mission of Wheelock College is to primarily improve the lives of children and families...
in Boston. She teaches courses on children's play, violence prevention and media literacy. Together with her colleagues: Gail Dines
Gail Dines
Gail Dines is a feminist anti-pornography activist, author, professor, and lecturer. An academic, she has also been described as "The world's leading anti-pornography campaigner".-Biography:...
and Petra Hesse, Levin teaches an annual summer seminar at Wheelock college. The institute: "Media Education in a Violent Society" was developed to address the effects of media violence on children.
Since 1985, Levin has been working with issues of violence in media culture and its effects on children, families, and schools.
She is a founder of TRUCE (Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment) http://www.truceteachers.org. Every year before the December holidays, TRUCE publishes a "Toy Action Guide" on their website. TRUCE also has a Media and Young Children Action Guide on line. Levin is also a founder of CCFC, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood is a "national coalition of health care professionals, educators, advocacy groups, parents, and individuals who care about children [and is] the only national organization devoted to limiting the impact of commercial culture on children." It sponsors the...
.
Companies, products, marketing practices & corporations criticized by Levin and the CCFC include, but are not limited to:
BusRadio
BusRadio
BusRadio was an American company established in 2004, with the goal of providing several services to school buses, their drivers and passengers. It was envisioned that the service would transmit music, original programming, public service announcements and paid commercials to school children...
, Barbie
Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....
, Channel One News
Channel One News
Channel One News is a 12 minute news program for teens broadcast via satellite to middle schools and high schools across the United States. Channel One is owned by Alloy Media + Marketing and based in New York City.-Program History:...
, marketing in schools, marketing to infants & children under 8, and highly sexualized marketing.