Discussion on media’s role in daily life

Energy Wednesday 26/February/2020 19:13 PM
By: Times News Service
Discussion on media’s role in daily life

Muscat: The third seminar on Children and Future Media kicked off at Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre on Wednesday. The two-day seminar is part of the activities of the 25th Muscat International Book Fair.
The opening ceremony was held under the patronage of Her Highness Sayyeda Dr. Mona bint Fahd Al Said, Assistant Vice-Chancellor for International Cooperation at Sultan Qaboos University, Chairperson of Children First Association.
She delivered a speech during which she focused on the pivotal role that the media plays in daily life. She stressed the importance of the seminar that comes on the sidelines of Muscat International Book Fair.
In a related context, Lana Khalil, Representative of the UNICEF Office in the Sultanate, stressed the importance of the seminar, which deals with the role of media in the lives of children and young people.
She said that various media outlets and the Internet work today as the world’s most centralised agents of socialisation, behaviour, attitudes and opinions in the world.
The seminar addressed many themes, including the new media industry, during which personal experiences of electronic media content directed to children and newspapers and channels directed to children were presented.
A number of working papers were also presented about “Making Electronic Content for Children: Mechanisms and Standards” and “Making Electronic Content for Children: Reality, History, Circulation and Models.
The seminar will conclude with a meeting gathering Dr. Abdulmonam bin Mansoor Al Hasani, Minister of Information and Suzan Abdel Majeed Afaneh, main speaker of the seminar, who will narrate the aspirations and visions of children in the field of media.
The opening of the seminar organised by the Ministry of Information, in partnership with UNICEF, Children First Association and the Children’s Public Library, was attended by honourable members of the State Council, members of Majlis A’Shura, school students and interested persons in children issues and activities.