Category Archives: Family and media studies

The struggle of Charlie Gard caught the attention of the world. He was a British infant who died last July after a long legal battle between medical staff at London’s Grand Ormond Street Hospital, and his parents. Now that the case has "closed" and the controversy faded somewhat - the story had actually been the…

A few years ago, when I worked as a catechist in Rome, I was teaching on the topic of the Annunciation. I took advantage of the occasion to speak a bit on Jesus’ earthly family. At one point in the discussion, one of the children declared, “My greatest fear is that my parents will get…

The Congress on the Family, which concluded last October 2nd, was organized by the Catholic University, the Andes University, and "Finis Terrae" University and held in Santiago, Chile, on the occasion of the bicentennial anniversary of its independence. The objective of the Congress was to go beyond the simple diagnosis of the situation of the…

The family's task to educate in the religious dimension, the influence of mass media, and the resulting educational challenges were the topics at the heart of the seminar entitled "Family and Religious Education in a Media Environment” ", which was held on November 6, 2010. The seminar was organized by the Institute for Advanced Religious…

The Master's Degree in Marriage and Family, University of Navarra ( www.unav.es/matrimonioyfamilia ) The MA in Marriage and Family of the University of Navarra offers an interdisciplinary view of family and marriage, through the rigorous and systematic study of thirty-six different subjects,including various humanities disciplines, biomedicine, psychology, psychopathology and family therapy, education, social sciences, theology,…

As of a few weeks ago, the new site of Familiaria was launched: www.familiariamagazine.it. Familiaria is an Italian magazine that works on various levels to spread a renewed culture of the family. This is an online version of the printed publication, which offers constant updates on the major issues related to the family, with content…

The United Nations’ Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSO) has approved the application for general consultative status of the International Federation for Family Development (IFFD) during their annual meeting of 2011. The advancement from special to general consultative status allows for IFFD to significantly collaborate with the United Nations by…

On February 26, 2011, 45 managers of Italian family associations that belong to the Forum of Family Associations gathered in an intensive seminar to discuss how to improve their internal communication and their relationship with mass media. In addition, they prepared the topics for the upcoming World Day of Families that will be held in…

A study published in the Journal of Children & Media analyzes the relationship between media and immigrants. First generation children are found to use the media to help their parents integrate into the new setting. The study was carried out by Vikki Katz, a young professor at Rutgers University, with a group of 42 families…