Viral & Buzz Media Archives - Page 11 of 53

Meaningful Manga: Graphic Novels and Growth

December 13, 2009 by Amy Jussel 15 Comments

Update: May 21, 2014 Our friends at Reach and Teach have added another clever manga style illustrated book called "A is for Action" which merits an update! I love the seeding of social change in a fun fresh manner. The A is for Action book and HelpTakeAction.com website are a result of a teacher-initiated action research project published in the IB Journal of Teaching Practice: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Abby Denson, affordable gifts, Anime, cartoons, charitable giving, children, civility, comic books, Comic Con, Craig Wiesner, Derrick Kikuchi, education, Elf-Island, empowering teens, engaging youth, Gandhi, gay rights, gifting, gifts, girls are not chicks, giving, graphic novels, Great Figures in History, history, human rights, inspiration, Japanese manga, kid lit, literature, making a difference, Manga, manga makeover, Me to We, meaningful media, media that matters, mindfulness, Mohandas Gandhi, Nancy-Drew, Nelson Mandela, New-Moon-Girl-Media, oppression, peace, philanthropy, reach and teach, shounen-ai manga, social justice, teachable moments, teaching tools, Tough Love, transform the world, Virtual-Worlds, Xeko

The Perfect Gift for a Man: Reinventing Manhood (Book)

December 9, 2009 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

Dec. 9, 2009 And now for the GOOD news! Yesterday for I wrote about ‘boys being turned into monsters’ with toxic marketing proliferation about what it means to be masculine, rolling out narrowcast perceptions and gender roles thinner than a crepe. Today, meet 30 men who donated their stories, time and talent to author The Perfect Gift for a Man: 30 stories about reinventing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: ActNow, AOC, AOC1, AOC2, AOC3, APA, Australia, becoming a man, book giveaway, boys, boys to men, Buffed-Boys, change agents, collaborative book, courageous men, depression, Derrick Kikuchi, Drew McClellan, Gavin Heaton, Gender, GIJoe, humanity, identity, Inspire Foundation, male heroes, male stereotypes, males, manhood, manhood for amateurs, ManWeek, masculinity, Media stereotypes, men, men and media, monster, Muscle-Men, Packaging-Boyhood, Packaging-Girlhood, peace, reach and teach, Reach Out, reinvention, Ron Mattocks, self-worth, Servant of Chaos, slackers, social-media, suicide, suicide prevention, superheroes, teens, The Age of Conversation, The Good Men Project, The Perfect Gift for a Man, Tikkun Daily, toxic cues to kids, warrior men

CyberBullying Tragedies and Internet Safety: eModeration Part3

December 3, 2009 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

Dec. 3, 2009 Just visited the excellent Connect Safely forum to pose the industry question, is there ANYthing that digital moderators or online advocates could’ve done in the child safety realm to prevent the loss of 13-year old Hope Witsell due to the suicide/sexting case? Obviously, Hope's case (visual at left/MSNBC) was on mobile phones, but cyberbullying/bodysnarking and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Adinas-Deck, age violations, Anne Collier, banning, blocking, bullying, CEOP, Common Sense Media, Connect Safely, Crisp, Crisp Thinking, CSM, Cyber Tipline, Cyberbullying, digital media, digital multiculturalism, e-learning, eModeration, ethics, Exploited children, Facebook, Focus Dialogues, global digital citizens, Global Kids, Good-Play-Project, grooming, Hailey Hacks, Harvard, Hope Witsell, How to Bullyproof Yourself, Howard Rheingold, imposter profiles, internet filters, internet safety guide, IWF, Izzy-Neis, MacArthur-Foundation, media-literacy, Meeting of the Minds, MMORPGs, moderation, monitoring, netfamilynews, NetModerator, online behavior, online risks, peer tech support, predator panic, RezEd.org, safe chat, Safe Kids.com, self-esteem, sexploitation, sexting, smart socializing, social networking, Tamara Littleton, teen suicide, texting, ThinkUKnow, tracking, Virtual-Worlds, Wired Safety

Nov. 20 A Vow of Silence for Children Without a Voice: IAmSilent.com

November 19, 2009 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

Nov.19, 2009 I was planning on posting a homecoming piece and also part one of the eModeration internet safety interview, when I remembered I signed the “Vow of Silence” from Free the Children to represent children who have no voice. (go to www.IAmSilent.com) On top of that, it’s opening night for vampire mania with the youth scene howling at the New Moon social media blitz … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: activism, child labor, chilldrens rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Craig Kielburger, Free the Children, have fun do good, I Am Silent, Kids, Marc Kielburger, Me to We Day, Movement, New Moon, no talking, no texting, Nov. 20, reach and teach, silence is golden, social justice, social-media, transform, Vow of Silence, WeDay, world changers, world changing, youth

Final 48 Hours! Vote Girl Child Network’s Betty Makoni CNN Hero ’09!

November 17, 2009 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

Nov. 17, 2009 Last week, when the Guardian reported, “Tens of thousands of children have been sexually abused in Zimbabwe in a growing epidemic that has shocked human rights activists,” I blinked back my tears of outrage, knowing full well that this is the battle Betty Makoni has been fighting for an entire DECADE with The Girl Child Network. Betty is a Top Ten CNN Hero of … [Read more...]