This issue of the News From ICCVOS newsletter provides articles on media designed both for and about children; violence in the media; media education; and regulatory measures and concerns in countries around the world. [Note: In 2004, the News From ICCVOS newsletter was renamed News on Children, Youth and Media in the World.]

Topics covered in this issue:

• Children's Media Use, including articles on why "tweens" need their own programming, and the state of research on children and media in Turkey.
• Media Violence, containing a discussion of the relationship between violent content and aggressive behaviour, and a summary of United States research on the impact of media violence on the brain.
• Media's Image of Children, including an overview of print coverage of children's issues in Nepal and a description of a South African project to monitor how children and children's rights are represented in the news.
• Media Education/Media Literacy, containing articles on media education efforts in Europe and North America
• Media for Children, including an article on the lack of children's programming during peak viewing hours in Spain.
• Regulations and Measures, describing recent news in media regulation. Contains overviews of issues ranging from television programming in Jamaica and Israel, to cell phone use in Japan, and internet regulation in the US, Pakistan and Europe.
• Coming Events, including festivals, conferences and other events related to children and the media.
• New Literature, listing books and articles published in 2002 and 2003.