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Advertising in the Media - Curricular resources and instructional materials for teachers and students. Lots of useful links. Part of the Community Learning Network.
Meta Description: [ The primary focus of the Community Learning Network (CLN) is to help K-12 teachers integrate Information Technology into their classrooms. This CLN menu page provides links to Media Studies curricular resources and instructional materials (lesson plans) in the specific topic of advertising in th... ]
BADvertising: Honest Tobacco Advertising - Site devoted to tobacco education and spoof tobacco advertisements. Features a comprehensive gallery of these altered tobacco ads.
Meta Description: [ anti-smoking/tobacco advertising. ]
Commercial Alert - Helps families, schools, and communities defend themselves against commercialism, advertising, and marketing. Campaigns focus on culture, education, government, and economy. Includes ideas for action, mailing list, news, and research library.
Electric Snow: TV in Our Time - A student-created site geared toward students ages 12 to 18 to be more aware of themselves and the way they are influenced by television.
Kids and Commercialism - Campaign to teach more about the effects of advertising and marketing on kids, and practical tips to deal with this growing problem. From the Center for a New American Dream.
Meta Description: [ The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice. As for the “new” in New American Dream, we help people live the dream, but in a way that ensures a livable planet for current and future gen... ]
Liquid Candy: How soft drinks are harming Americans' health - This review discusses the nutritional impact and health consequences of massive consumption of soft-drinks, particularly in teenagers. Covers aggressive marketing techniques.
Selling America's Kids: Commercial Pressures on Kids of the 90's - Consumers Union report surveys trends in marketing directed to kids, and points to problems that should be addressed by parents, schools, and the government.
Shrinks and Con Men - An unholy alliance of psychologists and advertisers targets kiddie consumers. From Salon magazine.
Meta Description: [ An unholy alliance of psychologists and advertisers targets kiddie consumers. ]
Stop Commercial Exploitation of Children - Organization against advertising and marketing to children. Events, links, how to join, newsletter, and press releases.
Meta Description: [ Marketing to children, children, commercialism, advertising, kids,
childhood obesity, marketing in schools, baby videos, Baby Einstein,
BabyFirstTV, videogame violence, product placement, BusRadio, Bus Radio,
advergaming, food marketing, junk food marketing, Coca-Cola, PussyCat
Dolls, tweens,... ]
Target Market - Explores impact of advertising in education and public spaces. Contains long paper, Advertising as a Behavioral Science, by Michael Cyrus Abadi.
Testimony on Channel One - Ralph Nader's testimony before the United States Senate on commercial television in schools.
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