Kids and Advertising (Advertising)

Kids and Advertising Sites:

BADvertising: Honest Tobacco Advertising BADvertising: Honest Tobacco Advertising: Site devoted to tobacco education and spoof tobacco advertisements. Features a comprehensive gallery of these altered tobacco ads. (Kids and Advertising) http://www.badvertising.org Liquid Candy: How soft drinks are harming Americans' health 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. (Kids and Advertising) http://www.cspinet.org/sodapop/liquid_candy.htm Shrinks and Con Men Shrinks and Con Men: An unholy alliance of psychologists and advertisers targets kiddie consumers. From Salon magazine. (Kids and Advertising) http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/02/28/shrinks/index.html Electric Snow: TV in Our Time 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 Advertising) http://library.thinkquest.org/17067/ Testimony on Channel One Testimony on Channel One: Ralph Nader's testimony before the United States Senate on commercial television in schools. (Kids and Advertising) http://www.commercialalert.org/channel_one/nader.html Commercial Alert 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. (Kids and Advertising) http://www.commercialalert.org/ Target Market Target Market: Explores impact of advertising in education and public spaces. Contains long paper, "Advertising as a Behavioral Science", by Michael Cyrus Abadi. (Kids and Advertising) http://www.targetmarket.org Kids and Commercialism 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. (Kids and Advertising) http://www.newdream.org/campaign/kids/ Advertising and marketing to children Advertising and marketing to children: Facts and figures with sources. (Kids and Advertising) http://www.newdream.org/campaign/kids/facts.html Advertising in the Media Advertising in the Media: Curricular resources and instructional materials for teachers and students. Lots of useful links. Part of the Community Learning Network. (Kids and Advertising) http://www.cln.org/themes/media_advert.html