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Article: Quality content lacking in children's programmes -- media policy experts.
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- Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan)
- Article date:
- June 28, 2007
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Byline: Jennifer Blecher
Jun. 28--AMMAN -- Rouman Haddad could sum up the content of most children's television shows in three words -- cards and fighting.
"There's no dialogue," he said, specifically referring to Pokemon-inspired cartoons. "We used to learn the Arabic language from these programmes and now we don't learn anything."
The former journalist, who has found a new cause in promoting media awareness among Jordan's youth, was one of many media policy experts who gathered at Al Isra University on Wednesday to discuss the troubling state of children's media in the Kingdom.
Among the problems cited was a dearth of high-quality ...