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===The Organisation===
 
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The office [[address]] is given as:-<br>
 
Abford House:<br>
 
Abford House:<br>
 
15 Wilton Road:<br>
 
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SW1V 1NJ <ref>  
 
SW1V 1NJ <ref>  
 
Media Smart [http://www.mediasmart.org.uk/contact_us.html]</ref>  
 
Media Smart [http://www.mediasmart.org.uk/contact_us.html]</ref>  
 
This office is also the address of the [[Advertising Association]], which suggests that Media Smart is based inside the Advertising Association's offices.
 
 
* The domain mediasmart.org.uk is also registered by Media Smart, but a 'who is' with the British internet registry gives out a different address for Media Smart:<br>
 
29 Cloth Fair<br>
 
London<br>
 
EC1A 7NN
 
 
This address houses the offices of [[Hudson Sandler]]
 
<ref> Hudson Smart [http://www.hudsonsandler.com/about_us/our_facilities.asp]</ref>
 
and the [[Global Consulting Group]](GCG)<ref> Global Consulting Group [http://www.hfgcg.com/global-consulting-group.htm]</ref>
 
both of which are subsidiaries of [[Huntsworth]]. The GCG entry in the [[APPC]] register lists Media Smart as a client between December 2004 and November 2005. <ref> [http://www.spinwatch.org/files/wiki/APPC/APPC_register_Dec04-May05.pdf APPC Register December 2004-May 2005]; [http://www.spinwatch.org/files/wiki/APPC/APPC_register_June05-Nov05.pdf APPC Register June 2005-November 2005]</ref> Prior to that Media Smart was represented by [[Ergo Communications]] Services <ref>
 
[http://www.spinwatch.org/files/wiki/APPC/APPC_register_June04-Nov04.pdf APPC Register June 2004-November 2004 ]</ref> which was acquired by [[Huntsworth]] in 2004.
 
 
* In 2008 the Media Smart website listed a new address:-<br>
 
7th Floor North:<br>
 
Artillery House:<br>
 
11-19 Artillery Row:<br>
 
London SW1P 1RT:<br>
 
Telephone:  020 7526 3615 :<br>
 
Fax:  020 7526 3699 :<br>
 
Email: info@mediasmart.org.uk <ref> Media Smart [http://www.mediasmart.org.uk/contact.php new address], accessed 18 November 2008.</ref>
 
 
This office is also the new address of the [[Advertising Association]].<ref> The Advertising Association[http://www.adassoc.org.uk/html/contact_us.html Contact us], accessed 20 November 2008.</ref>
 
 
  
 
===Directors===
 
===Directors===

Revision as of 12:36, 26 October 2010

Chantal Bennett, Leigh Gallagher, Ludo Mayo & Kirstin Walker


Media Smart Official Website: http://www.mediasmart.org.uk/

Media Smart is an organisation funded by fast-food, media and toy industries. Its website states it is a

"non profit media literacy programme for school children aged 6 to 11 years old, focused on advertising. Media Smart develops and provides, free of charge and on request, educational materials to primary schools that teach children to think critically about advertising in the context of their daily lives. Our materials use real examples of advertising to teach core media literacy skills.


The Organisation

The office address is given as:-
Abford House:
15 Wilton Road:
London:
SW1V 1NJ [1]

Directors

In 2005 Jackson was recorded as:

People

Mediasmart does not name its employees on its website.


Expert Group (as of November 2008)

Funders

Globalisation: Media Smart: Funders

Independent report

In 2006 Media Smart commissioned an independent evaluation of their BeAdwise 2 teaching materials from The Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media, Institute of Education, University of London. In 2007 the centre produced their independent report. The overall conclusions of the report were positive.[4]

The authors of the report were

Buckingham and Willet are members of Media Smart's expert group.

Media Smart: Activities

The media smart website runs activities though their web-site for younger children to enjoy outside of the school environment. Aimed at children between the ages of 5 and 11 they provide stimulating and enjoyable pastime to make them realise how much advertising plays in their daily lives. Globalisation: Media Smart:Activities

Suggestions for sub-pages

Just suggestions - feel free to change/add to this - although it is recommended that you create several main pages linked to from this main project page so group members can edit simultaneously.

Globalisation:Media Smart: History and aims Globalisation:Media Smart: Funding and connections Globalisation:Media Smart: Views on tackling obesity

Notes

  1. Media Smart [1]
  2. Barbie Clarke

    notes

    Social Issues Interview, Young Consumers, 2005. accessed october 2010

  3. Link To Globalisation:Media Smart

    Notes

    Media Smart expert group, accessed 21 October 2010.

  4. Media Smart Evaluation Reportaccessed 20 November 2008