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Kids, Media & Intimacy: What’s Love Got to Do With It?

February 14, 2012 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

Update Feb. 13, 2018 Related research and an excellent NYT read on the need for "porn literacy" given that teens exposure to online porn sites is distorting their lens of peer social norming, healthy intimacy, and respect and consent. WAY past time for comprehensive sexed and critical thinking on consent to prevent misinformation and disinformation. Oh, and by the way, could we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: AllyKatzz, buffed boy, celebrity, digital youth, Facebook virtual stage, faux intimacy, Glee Teen Sex Facts, healthy relationships, hottie factor, intimacy, Kids health, kids media influence, Mary Kay Hoal, Me generation, Miss Representation, narcissism, objectification, Occupy Valentine's Day, Rosalind Wiseman, Sexualization, social networks, teen dating, text me, texting, TextPlus, tween d-8ing, Tween dating, tweet me, UGC, Valentines Day, virtual stage, Yoursphere

6th Grade Boy Pulls A Susan Boyle To Trump LadyGaga

May 20, 2010 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

May 20, 2010 Riddle me this… What dynamo 6th grade boy from Edmond, Oklahoma performed LadyGaga’s Paparazzi managing to segue the local audience from ‘ho-hum, just another piano number’ talent show inattentiveness to jaw-dropping admiration in ‘omg, this boy has some SERIOUS pipes’ style? (video after the jump) AND... How did digital media turn Greyson Chance into this … [Read more...]

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Who’s Your Fave Fictional Male Rodel Model & Why?

November 17, 2009 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Update June 14, 2014 With Father's Day approaching I thought I'd add Common Sense Media's "Favorite Film Fathers" just for fun...and reprise my post about "Media's Portrayal of Father Figures On TV" ......But truth be told, I'm most excited that HUGE gains are coming with excellent books and films uncorking important conversations about healthy masculinity, including The … [Read more...]

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Shaping Youth Is In the L.A. Times Today, Yawn

August 12, 2009 by Amy Jussel 16 Comments

August 12, 2009 Well, it finally happened. Full tilt desensitization. I suppressed a huge yawn and a roll of the eyes reviewing Miley’s pole dancing antics at the Teen Choice Awards with a great big ‘meh, here we go again.’ All of the replays of video and trending topics in the Twittersphere landed on me as a great big cynical 'so what' example of the mouse house … [Read more...]

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What Sells: Infants As Fashion Statements and Joke Props?

September 18, 2008 by Amy Jussel 18 Comments

Nope, not a Halloween costume...Just "Heelarious" consumption for the Carrie Bradshaw wannabes. Gosh, THIS is what merits a booking on The Today Show? Twice? (video of other 'outrageous offerings' after the jump) Yeah, yeah, I know, ‘get a sense of humor’...Relax. I realize babies in stiletto crib booties are intended to make folks smile (Pet Rocks had … [Read more...]

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