The Family and Media
Association An educational resource for Families and the community at large
concerned about the impact the media has on their lives. Highlights the
implications for Christian values in programme content, especially those
relating to the family, critically assesses standards of honesty, decency,
fairness and truthfulness in the media and makes these assessments available to
the public through its publication, media report, public seminars and the
internet; makes available relevant research relating to the links between media
content and psychsocial development, facilitates effective dialogue between the
media and the public by informing both media and public about issues relating to
both ; promotes public understanding of the functioning and power of the media,
assesses and enhances the value of the media to the individual, the family and
the community.
