Advertising – Page 33

When It’s Not Hip To Be Square: Sexist Spongebob & Burger Shots

April 17, 2009 by Amy Jussel 25 Comments

April 17, 2009 “Booty is booty?” I say give BK’s agency a boot in the backside out the door for this one… I've been trying NOT to cover this ad absurdity to avoid the media baiting and instead quietly took my views to Nickelodeon & Burger King via the CCFC sound off campaign here...but BK just keeps coming up with gaffe-a-minute badvertising, so I've gotta broil 'em a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Nutrition & Wellness, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: AdFreak, apple fries, apple sticks, baby burgers, Baby Got Back, badvertising, binge drinking, BK, BK Positive Steps, booty, boycott, BrandFreak, Burger King, Burger Shots, cardiac, CCFC, Hip-Hop, hoochie mama, IOM, junk-food, Kids, Kids meals, media influence, mini burgers, negative, Nickelodeon, offensive, parental outcry, quad stacker, Quiznos toasty torpedo, sexist, Sexualization, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Spongebob, Spongebob Squarepants, squarebutts, subway, value meals

This Video Sings Volumes About Snap Judgment in Media

April 14, 2009 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

April 14, 2009 Our appearance-based culture has become increasingly coarse, cynical and stereotyped, judging people in rapidfire profiling more often than any mindful Malcolm Gladwell style ‘Blink’ of rapid cognition. Such was the case when 48 year old Susan Boyle took the stage as the audience of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ rolled their eyes in ‘puhleeeeze’ mockery with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: a star is born, appearance, body-positive, Britains Got Talent, bullying, can't judge a book by its cover, chanteuse, cynics, heroes, I Dream a Dream, inspiring minds, judgment, Kids, Les Mis, Les Miserables, Les Miz, media heroes, Pop-Culture, role models, Simon Cowell, singers, skeptics, Susan Boyle, Viral Videos, voice talent, West Lothian, youth

Do Older Kids Outgrow Easter Egg Hunts and Dyeing Eggs?

April 12, 2009 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

April 12, 2009 Passover, Easter and religious convos aside, let’s just say EVERY generation seems to love spring fun and festivity. My parents hosted a pack of 85 year olds in an impromptu ‘just do it’ session awhile back and you’d think those ‘kids’ were 8 and 5 not eighty-five. In my house today, the Easter bunny got a bit creative with the teen scene, to hide her basket … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Bella Sara, Chris Carvalho, digital allowance, dyeing eggs, earning, Easter, Easter baskets, Easter egg hunts, Elf-Island, incentives, Kids, learning, motivators, neuro theory, Passover, positive media, praise, rewards, SmartyCard, Spring, spring cleaning, teens, youth, Zookazoo

The Oprah Factor: Stop the Yo-Yo Dieting Messages

April 9, 2009 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

April 8, 2009 Young women and their moms have been "under the influence" of Oprah longer than you can say “she’s gotta have it.” From cuddly bathrobes to kids' book club picks, when the grand dame of daytime speaks, people listen. Precisely the point that Director Darryl Roberts of America the Beautiful is making in his recent “open letter to Oprah” plea to curb the weight … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, People Shaping Youth, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 5-resolutions, America the Beautiful movie, anorexia, beauty industry, Beauty Mark, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Cancer, Darryl Roberts, Diane Israel, Diet ads, documentary, eating-disorders, EWG, excessive exercise, fad diets, girls, Jean Kilbourne, Kids, MamaVision, media influence, NEDA, Oprah, preteen-health, Project Green Prom, Race for Perfection, safe cosmetics, Search for a Cause, Teens Turning Green, thinspiration, youth

3 Sisters Adventure Trekking: Changing the Game Through Sport

April 7, 2009 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

April 7, 2009 How can you empower women, make change happen with a quick click and take that Nike swoosh to the next level of youth and cultural change? Those of you who have ‘friended’ me on Facebook already know I’ve been championing my WLW (Women Leaders for the World) gal pal, Lucky Chhetri from Nepal who co-founded 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking, a sustainable geotourism … [Read more...]