Green Options » Children'd Television Act http://greenoptions.com/tag/childrend-television-act Posts tagged 'Children'd Television Act' Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:01:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Founding Organization of Sesame Street Calls for a Revitalized Children’s Television Act http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/03/11/founding-organization-of-sesame-street-calls-for-a-revitalized-children%e2%80%99s-television-act/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/03/11/founding-organization-of-sesame-street-calls-for-a-revitalized-children%e2%80%99s-television-act/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:01:50 +0000 Beth Bader http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/03/11/founding-organization-of-sesame-street-calls-for-a-revitalized-children%e2%80%99s-television-act/ MacbookJoan Ganz Cooney was one of the founders of Sesame Street some forty years ago. Today, the center named after her, continues her important legacy by calling for a revitalization of The Children’s Television Act, which was put in place in 1990. Their findings were published in a report, “D is for Digital.”

The report strongly recommends an increase in protection of children from commercialism, and that so much has changed since the first act was put in place, it necessitates new provisions for television and online content.

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