Media Watch
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| General Agency Information | |||
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| Name: | Media Watch | ||
| Address: | P.O. Box 618 Santa Cruz, CA 95061 | ||
| Primary Phone: | 831-423-6355 | ||
| Email Address: | info@mediawatch.com | ||
| Website: | www.mediawatch.com | ||
| Days/Hours of Operation/Phone: | By Appointment | ||
| Description: | Nationwide nonprofit network to improve media images. Specifically concerned with violent images and traditional sex stereotypes. We do public actions to denounce ads, beauty pageants and other events where sexism, racism and violence is celebrated. We publish action alerts online and encourage people to sign up with their email addresses to receive our updates. | ||
| Mission: | Our mission is to challenge abusive stereotypes and other biased information commonly found in the media through education and action. Media Watch endorses media literacy as part of standard curriculum in our K-12 educational system. We provide monthly ACTION newsletters to help create more informed consumers of the mass media. We do not endorse any form of censorship, especially the continued silencing of marginalized groups. Corporate owned media is known to use any image or story to manipulate buying power and sway public opinion, regardless of the harm engendered by their information and images. We believe people's health and safety must always take priority over profit. | ||
| Programs: | Online Library:
Media Reform The Best of Web Resources/Links The New Global Media: Small World of Big Conglomerates (Robert W. McChesney) The Beauty Industry What Is Beauty Anyway? (From a speech at a Beauty Pageant Protest by D. A. Clarke) The Double Standard of Aging (Susan Sontag) Commercializing Sexuality Slow Sex: Moving Toward Informed Pleasure (Ann J. Simonton) The Censored Truth (Ann J. Simonton) Gender Rape is Normal (Robert Jensen) | ||
| Publications: | Media Watch News, online archive | ||
| Volunteer Info: | We invite community participation. | ||
| Languages other than English: | Spanish | ||
| Accommodations for Disabled: | Call for Information | ||
| Public Transportation: | Available Within One Block | ||
| Eligibility: | Open to those who share an interest | ||
| Fees: | None | ||
| Areas Served: | Santa Cruz County United States | ||
| Funding Source: | Donations Grants Proceeds from Sales | ||
| Officials | |||
Ann Simonton | |||
| Contact Persons | |||
Ann Simonton | |||
| Subject Headings | |||
| Adolescents Media Interest Groups Political Action/Lobbying Groups Private Nonprofits Public Awareness/Education Videotape/DVD Collections | |||
| This record last modified March 29, 2013 | |||
