Alice in Wonderland Archives - Shaping Youth

Media Hypefest: Is Prom the New Wedding? A Teen’s Perspective

May 7, 2010 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

May 7, 2010 As the last vestiges of prom wind down along with Girls Rights Week, I wanted to land one last post in the queue exploring media and marketing’s impact on kids' expectations, reality show … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: adolescence, Alice in Wonderland, asked to prom, commercialism, consumption, couples, dateless, devalue girls, Facebook prom groups, formals, girlpower, Girls Bill of Rights, girls inc., girls self esteem, Girls' Rights Week, gowns, graduation parties, high school rituals, keeping up with the jones', Kelsie Morales, kid culture, Lilly, limos, matchmaking, mean girls, milestones, Noah's ark, peer influence, pink is the new black, platonic dates, Pop-Culture, princess project, Project Green Prom, prom, prom date, Prom drama, prom themes 2010, Proma, reality shows, Respect Rx, self rescuing princess, self-esteem, self-worth, social norming, teens, the dame domain, Twilight, Unwritten, women's leadership

ALLY Awards: Architects of Change Amidst Brands: Tween Town Hall

March 12, 2010 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

March 12, 2010 Today I soared through my first ever Virgin Airlines’ experience bemused by two giddy tween girls excitedly chirping to their mom about the pink and purple “mood lighting” befitting a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, ALLY Awards, AllyKatzz, architects of change, celebrities, change the world, Code Blue Reviving a Generation, commercialism, D23, Debby Ryan, denim messaging, Denise Restauri, Disney, fashion, Fashionistas, green youth movement, GYM, hipster, Juicy Couture, make a difference, Maria Shriver, pink, purple, social change, Teens Turning Green, Tween Town Hall, tweens, Vinylmation, Virgin Airlines, Wii Super MonkeyBall

Iger the Ignorant? Disney Chief Says Kids Don’t Care About Privacy?

July 24, 2009 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

July 24, 2009 Hey, kids, did you know the mouse house thinks it’s okay to mine your personal information and sell it to advertisers to make a buck off your back without your permission? Wonder what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Product Placement, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, All Things Digital, behavioral advertising, CDD, COPPA, data-mining, Derek Baird, direct web marketing, Disney, Disney CEO, Disney chief, e-havioral ads, FCC, FTC, Hard sell to kids, Harris Interactive, Jeff-Chester, Kara Swisher, Kids, kids don't care about privacy, Maine bans kids data mining, marketing, media and kids, minors, personal profiles, privacy, Product Placement, profile, public policy, Robert Iger, Teen Mobile Study, teens, Tim Burton, Totlol.com, transparency, YPulse, Ypulse Mashup 2009

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