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In-School Commercialism: A Back to School Checklist

September 19, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 14, 2017 An update on the unhealthy cues sent to kids with BoxTops for Education, via Harvard Chan School of Public Health podcast which nails the core problem quite succinctly. The program is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism Tagged With: #MomsNotLovinIt, ad-creep, advertising in schools, ambient ads in schools, back to school commercialism, branding in schools, brandwashing, Care Counts, CCFC, checklist for in-school commercialism, commercial curriculum, commercialism in schools, corporate accountability, corporate ad creep, corporate classrooms, corporatization of education, CSPI, datamining, Education brought to you by, food marketing, Gatorade, in-school marketing, junk food in schools, marketing to kids, NEPC, Out of bounds, pouring rights, PTSA fundraisers, public school payola, Ronald Mcdonald in schools, school bus ads, student data privacy, when schools become ads, Whirlpool

CCFC Puts Energy Into Cleaning Up School Commercialism

May 16, 2011 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

May 16, 2011 Continuing our ‘positive picks’ series on media and marketing that matters, a gigantic ‘Howard Beale’ style shout from the windows “w00t!” to champions of change at CCFC, Campaign for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, Book Fairs, branding in schools, Brands in Schools, brandwashing, Bratz books, CCFC, Channel One, clean coal, coal, coal curriculum, commercial brands, commercial free, commercialism, commercialized school curriculum, Consuming kids, education, Energy, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace USA, junk science, Kids health, label literacy, media-literacy, Rethinking Schools, Scholastic, SunnyD, SunnyD sugar spree, Susan Linn, vested interests

Power of Play Pt3: Active Video Games In Schools?

February 15, 2011 by Amy Jussel 8 Comments

Feb. 15, 2011 “What if…?” Those two words have ignited innovation for centuries, so what better way to harness the Power Of Play than pairing health science thought leaders and industry entrepreneurs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: academics and play, active gaming, active gaming battles obesity, AHA, Alvin Ailey dance, Angry Bird Dodgeball, biomarkers, brainpower, branding in schools, CDC, DDR, digital games, exergaming, games for health, games to teach, gamification, gaming in schools, Hope Lab, I Move You, Kids at play, Kids health, kids-fitness, Kinect, learning through play, motion based gaming, NCLI, neuro cognition, Nintendo, obesity prevention, PlayWorks, power of play, Richard Tate, role of gaming in learning, The Play Ethic, video games, Wii, Wii Are Family, Will Wright, Zamzee

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