Big Media Smack Down! You ready? Just for fun, I tried this ever-so-clever animation game from the Stop Big Media consortium with my TV-loving tween to open a discussion on the high stakes gambit of unchecked media consolidation. (yeah, I know, I have a weird household) Being an animal lover, the violence of the 'Whack a Mole' arcade game always made me cringe, but … [Read more...]
I find it ironic that the WIPO, (World Intellectual Property Organization) wants to educate tweens aged 9-14 about copyright (see 72-page workbook pdf file here) when childrens’ rights are usurped regularly in the digital sphere via user-generated content without shared authorship, credit, or kudos. Shouldn’t kids have the same creative rights/attributions as … [Read more...]
In the new terrain of participatory media, what's fair and what's foul in video mashups? Many of us have laughed our heads off at the "Fair(y) Use Tale" spoofing Disney, but is character appropriation now a free-for-all? When is a remix a ripoff and when is it fair use in public media? When kids boogie to soundtracks in front of their webcams and lip synch themselves into … [Read more...]
Dec. 7, 2016 Update: We had our collegiate buddy binge-fest with the Gilmore Girls 'Year in the Life" Netflix Revival this Thanksgiving, so for those mother-daughter pairs who can't get enough of the fast-talking dynamic duo, I'm reprising our hands-on experiential "B&B Inn" themed getaway of wrapping up the gift of time together... We shared it well, so it's coming back … [Read more...]
Nothing like having kids for a reality check in the age of digital media…I said to my daughter, “Look, I’m no Emily Post, but a thank you note is appreciated no matter what age you are.” “Emily WHO?” Yeah…I thought so...Right up there with ‘Dear Abby’ and other cultural references that fly over her head at lightening … [Read more...]
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