Marketing Shaping Youth Archives - Page 65 of 147

Teen Webby Winners Talk About Old vs. New Media

May 12, 2009 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

May 12, 2009 Hat tip to Ypulse for linking these Webby winning student journalists who reinforce that this blog fits into my own "don't do as I do" persona of 'long form blogging' in a microblog era. I'm adding a 'must read' by Jerry Bowles on Social Media Today titled, "The Internet is Killing America's Free Press & Why It Matters" and I also agree with On Living By … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Bonnie DeVarco, Boston, digital web, Doug Engelbart, eHow, Facebook, FriendFeed, journalism, Kill your blog, Media X, Microblogging, NCEN, new media, newspaper industry, newspapers, NextNow Collaboratory, old media, On Living By Learning, online student journalists, over-sharing, Paul Boutin, Sandra-Foyt, Science related wikipedian activity map, Stanford, teens, The Girl Revolution, Twitter, webby winners, Wired, youth

Where The Wild Things Are! Media, Mamas & More

May 9, 2009 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

May 9, 2009 My original title for this post was “Wild Babies & Squirrelly Mamas” but just imagining the trash that would find its way to my spam filter deterred! This new headline gives me the opportunity for a ‘three-fer’ instead... 1.) A fall preview of the movie trailer adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story “Where the Wild Things Are” directed by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: animal moms, animals, baby birds, baby shower, compassion, ducklings, fledglings, Maurice Sendak, opposum, orphaned animals, PHS, raccoons, RespectRx, SPCA, Spike Jonze, spring babies, squirrels, teen moms, where the wild things are, WildAid, WildCare, wildlife, Wildlife Care Center, wildlife rehab

Mother’s Day Media Worth Forwarding to A Friend

May 8, 2009 by Amy Jussel 11 Comments

May 8, 2009 These customizable video insertions are getting more sophisticated by the nanosecond! This one by Mom’s Rising is a favorite for me this year, harkening back to when I duped a massive amount of gullible friends with the ‘Amy’s thrown her hat in the ring’ Presidential prank during the '08 elections. Mom’s Rising has done a great job of making this video "go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: activism, Amy-Jussel, Beth Jussel, BlogHer, e-cards, free, free viral video cards, Freebie-Finds-Kids, freebies, homemade, mama bloggers, moms, Moms Rising, MomsRising, Mothers Day, newsmakers, personalized videos, prank videos, Viral Videos

Consider This: Virtual Worlds In Institutional Settings

May 7, 2009 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

May 7, 2009 See this smiling face? Meet my goddaughter, Lara, who recently turned 12. We gifted her an Elf Island 'virtual world' membership for 'premium content' as part of her B-Day celebration. Why? 1.) It was one of the few things I KNEW she didn't have (living afar and gift-guessing is dicey) 2.) She's a VERY social only child who loves to chat and make new friends 3.) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: AAP, ad free, ad-creep, arcade games, blurred boundaries, brand influence, branding, CCFC, commercialism, commercialism in hospitals, commercialism in schools, consumption, Critical-thinking-skills, Disney, doing good, Dora the Explorer, Eco-Childs-Play, Electronic Pacifier, Elf-Island, entertainment industry, follow the money, gaming, gaming addiction, Georgia, GoodQuests, Great Turtle Race, hospital influence, hospitals, Immersive Worlds, infant formula, institutional precedent, institutions, licensed cartoon characters, Liz and Craig Kronenberger, media-literacy, medical marketing, Nationwide Children's Hospital, NCH, OLPC, pediatrics, plant trees, Premium Content, pro-social, schools, subscriber model, video games, Virtual-Worlds, VMK, VW, Wyland

Therapeutic Impacts of Virtual Worlds: Using New Media Positively

May 5, 2009 by Amy Jussel 14 Comments

Aug. 8, 2016 Please pitch in to add your data/case studies from VR pain management to VR for psychiatric use and more... ...Currently working on an update about positive media innovation including tips/tactics for the "sandwich generation" of parents providing eldercare and am thrilled to see virtual reality being tested in senior living communities among startups like … [Read more...]