The Media Council for Children and Young People was established by the Ministry of Culture in 1997. The main tasks of the Media Council are to classify films, to advise children and their parents on the use of computer games – and, in the role of national Awareness Centre, to provide information and disseminate knowledge and materials about children and young people’s use of digital media.
The Media Council for Children and Young People
The Media Council classifies films for children under the age of 15 and advises on children and young people’s use of digital media.
Board members
The Council’s executive board consists of seven members appointed by the Minister of Culture:
Miriam Michaelsen
Chair
Mille Balslev
Expert on children
Teacher, Ørestad Gymnasium
David Madsen
Expert on children
Psychologist
Merete Martensen Christensen
Industry representative of Danish film distributors
Head of Theatrical Distribution, Scanbox
Uffe Rabe Krag
Consumer representative
Head of Policy at the Danish Consumer Council, Tænk.
Emil Mark Nørholm
Industry representative of the Danish Cinema Exhibitors’ Association
Manager of Atlas Biograferne and Humle Bio
Ulrik Lyngs
Research representative
Working with the University of Oxford’s Human Centred Computing group.
Awareness Centre Denmark
Serving as a national awareness centre, the Media Council works to inform and advise on children and young people’s life in digital media.
The Media Council serves as the national Awareness Centre representing Denmark in a European context. The Media Council works with educators, parents, authorities and organisations to inform and advise on children and young people’s life and activity in digital media.
The Council develops campaigns and guidelines for use in the classroom and home, organises events and conferences and furthermore funds reports on the online life of children and young people. Also, the Council organises special activities in conjunction with Safe Internet Day, which is celebrated every February in more than 140 countries.
As a Awareness Centre, the Media Council is part of the European Commission’s Safer Internet Programme and works with national and international partners through the European Insafe network, which runs the website Better Internet for Kids.
Contact
Johan Loller
- Team leader in the secretariat of the Media Council for Children and Young People
E: jol@slks.dk
T: 33 74 51 72