Interactive Games

Media Addiction vs. Agency: The Context of Control Part Two

January 13, 2010 by Amy Jussel 11 Comments

Jan. 13, 2010 My brother AND my mother sent me this little cartoon jab which left me snickering and simultaneously standing up to stretch. As evidenced in part one of addiction vs. agency in media management, I'm not the type to be consumed by disordered terminology, symptoms and panic statistics flinging about... If I were, I might have seen it as a dire familial sign or … [Read more...]

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Media Management: Addiction vs. Agency Part One

January 11, 2010 by Amy Jussel 15 Comments

Jan. 11, 2010 I’m officially back from my one week blog hiatus, victorious in keeping my New Year resolution to ‘unplug’ more, manage my media rather than having it manage me, and slip away sans notification to prove that the world won’t fall apart and your readers won’t jump ship just because you go awol. Yep, it's my personal media management smackdown which surfaces on … [Read more...]

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Pop Culture on Parade: JibJab’s Hilarious Manic Media Montage

January 2, 2010 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

Jan.2, 2010 My head is still spinning (no, not from ‘The Hangover’ post)... My brain is simply trying to catch up with my eyeballs in this frenetic musical media montage which salutes the past year in PG-13ish ‘Where’s Waldo-style.’ Reminiscent of Dan Meth’s ‘Internet People’ viral video from awhile back (Dan has several new mashups beyond the stoic squirrel, spoofing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Product Placement, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: 2009, 2010, branding, buzz, cartoons, childhood, College Humor, Dan Meth, Digital, ecards, Elf Yourself, flash mobs, Frederator, Free Range Studios, Glee, Happy New Year, humor, internet people, JibJab, Kids, laughs, New Year videos, Obamicon, OfficeMax, online to offline, parody, political parody, satire, sendables, Shepard Fairey, social commentary, social-media, spoofs, stoic squirrel, teens, This land is your land, Toys, trends, Viral Blog, Viral Videos, virtual snowball fights, youth

Green Toys and Fun Finds With Big Kid Appeal: Ten Under $10 Pt. 2

December 22, 2009 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Dec. 23, 2009 Shhhhhh...I'm snagging one of the new "Smencils" that just arrived today 'cause I figure 'less is more' and 'variety is the spice' when it comes to stocking stuffers...She doesn't need a whole 'set' right? A whiff here and there and she'll get the gist of the theme...100% recycled newspapers turned into a rainbow of scents and colors. I like finding inexpensive … [Read more...]

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Reach and Teach Kids in Fun, Fresh Ways: Ten Under $10

December 21, 2009 by Amy Jussel 11 Comments

Dec. 20, 2009 In my last post I went for ‘free media finds that are priceless year-round,’ today I’ll nudge it up a notch to prove you can gift meaning and mindfulness without spending a fortune (not even a Hamilton!) I attended the Peace and Social Justice crafts fair and barely made it past the Reach and Teach table and Free the Children’s Me to We booth finding tidbits to … [Read more...]