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Reading Between the Lines: A Media Literacy Education in Domestic Violence

January 30, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Jan. 30, 2015 For the first time ever, the NFL will air a pitch perfect, poignant PSA by No More.org against domestic violence that resonates on multiple levels and can be used as a tool to uncork … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: #NoMore, A Thin Line, abusive relationships, Apps Against Abuse Challenge, break the cycle, Bsafe, campus safety apps, CDC Violence Prevention, circle of 6 app, cyberstalking, dating violence, digital abuse, domestic violence, DV, Elin Waldal, emotional abuse, Fight Back, Gender, gender violence, gender-based violence, Guardly, healthy masulinity, HHS, how do you measure prevention, intimate partner violence, Love is not abuse, Love is respect, NFL violence, No More, public health, rape, rape culture, Rihanna, Super Bowl domestic violence, TDV, TDVAM, teen dating violence, Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, textual harassment, thats not cool, The Line Campaign, Tornado Warning, Ultra Violet, VAW, VAWA, verbal abuse, Verizon DVP Summit, violence against women

Circle of 6 Campus Safety App: What It is And What it Isn’t

February 27, 2013 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

Update: March 7, 2013 It's official! The President Signed VAWA! Feb. 28, 2013 Finally! The Violence Against Women Act has passed both the House and the Senate and is moving on for final signing by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: A Thin Line, abusive relationships, Apps Against Abuse Challenge, break the cycle, Bsafe, campus safety apps, Campus Sentinel, CDC Violence Prevention, Chris Brown Grammys, Circle of 6, circle of 6 app, culture of care, cyberstalking, dating violence, Deb-Levine, digital abuse, domestic violence, Elin Waldal, emotional abuse, Fight Back, Gender, gender violence, gender-based violence, Guardly, healthy masulinity, HHS, how do you measure prevention, intimate partner violence, Isis, IVP, kidvid, Life 360, Love is not abuse, Love is respect, mobile-youth-trends, Nancy Schwartzman, NCADV, On Watch, One Love Foundation, OnWatch, public health, rape, rape culture, Rihanna, school climate, TDVAM, teen dating violence, Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, textual harassment, thats not cool, The Line Campaign, Tornado Warning, VAWA, verbal abuse, Verizon DVP Summit, violence against women, Where is your line, youth tech health, YthLive

Rachel Simmons Chats About Mythbusting “Mean Girl” Media

August 31, 2011 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Aug. 31 2011 Transitioning back to school is tough, especially when media and marketing blitzes the ‘what could be’ fear dynamics of peer acceptance based on what you wear, how you look, and who you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: A Thin Line, Adinas-Deck, Amber Riley, Anne Collier, Back to school, bullycide, bullying, Bullying Prevention, Connect Safely, Curse of the Good Girl, cyber safety, digital abuse, digital angst, digital citizenship, digital drama, Digital Literacy, Facebook Safety Tips, Formspring, Girl Tips, healing, internet-safety, Jason Rzepka, JC Penney tee, kidlit, Kids Online, mean girls, Mean Stinks, media influences, media-literacy, My kid would never bully, Odd Girl Out, online safety, parenting, preteens, Rachel Simmons, Reality Bites Back, Rosalind Wiseman, safety and technology, sexting, social-media, texting, textual harrassment, thats not cool, trash talk, tweens, Words hurt

Recap of White House Conf on Bullying Prevention, Pt.1

March 18, 2011 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Mar. 17, 2011 Unplugging for a day is a respite, but being gone for a week amidst news of tsunami disasters and first ever media moments like the March 10 White House Conference on Bullying Prevention … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: A Thin Line, Adinas-Deck, Anne Collier, bullying, Bullying Prevention, Connect Safely, cyber safety, digital abuse, Digital Literacy, Digital Self-Harm, Facebook Safety Tips, Formspring, internet-safety, Jason Rzepka, Kids Online, March 10, media-literacy, MsTwixt.com, My kid would never bully, online safety, parenting, preteens, Rachel Simmons, Rosalind Wiseman, safety and technology, Self-Bullying, social-media, Stop Bullying.gov, Stop Cyberbullying, togetherville, tweens, WhiteHouse Conference on Bullying Prevention

Depravity Gone Viral: A Thin Line For Humanity on Facebook

September 17, 2010 by Amy Jussel 18 Comments

Sept 17, 2010 Deep breath. In. Out. Hold. Center. Ommmm… I’m trying REALLY hard to abstain from a kneejerk reaction to the ‘dare to share’ assault and twice-raped (by media) teen in Canada who had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: A Thin Line, Andy Church, anti-bullying, bullying, Bystanders, Canada, Canadian teen, child rape, Connect Safely, Cruel's Not Cool, date rape drugs, digital abuse, drugged dating violence, Easy A, Facebook, Gang rape victim, Get in the Game, healing, hookups, horrific Facebook ordeal, internet-safety, Jezebel, Jing online sharing tool, law enforcement, Mark Zuckerberg, media-literacy, Men Can Stop Rape, MTV VMA, open disdain of privacy, Over the Line, parenting, parents, Pitt Meadows, Pixel Project, Pop-Culture, porn charges, privacy settings, PTSD, Purple Ribbon, rape, rape photos, Rosalind Wiseman, sexting, sexual assault, skype safety, spiked drinks, Tapestries-of-Hope, teen drinking, teens, Upstanders, Upstanding, violence against women, Viral Rape Photos, Virginity Hit

Is It ONLY ME? Disabling Facebook Places In Pursuit of Privacy

August 19, 2010 by Amy Jussel 14 Comments

August 19, 2010 Today is World Humanitarian Day and I definitely needed this inspiring humanitarian video to gain some perspective on humanity. (fab 4 mins after the jump, and a how-to disable vid on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Product Placement, Shaping Youth, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: A Thin Line, Bullyproof, CoParenting, Cruel's Not Cool, Cyberbullying, cyberstalking, Diaspora, Digital, digital abuse, Facebook Places, facebook places lets your friends broadcast where you are, Facebook privacy settings, Facebook-Beacon, Frontline SMS, geolocation, go outdoors and out of reach, how to disable Facebook Places, LBS, Lifehacker, location based services, Media Unplugged, mobile mapping, mobile-social, Parenting-Teens, personal safety, Places, play outdoors, privacy breach, privacy warning, privacy-data-youth, World Humanitarian Day, Youth-Media

Safety Expert Uses Media Literacy to Deconstruct McAfee Study

July 2, 2010 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

July 2, 2010 When I first saw this note in my social media stream it raised my media literacy eyebrows to explore further. It said, “Interesting: McAfee has a very diff take on their own study … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Anne Collier, Berkman Law, bullying, CNET Larry Magid, Connect Safely, Critical-thinking-skills, Cyberbullying, danah-boyd, Darrell Huff, digital abuse, Family online safety, FOSI, How to Lie with Statistics, Iger the Ignorant, internet safety queen, Internet-Privacy, internet-safety, Izzy-Neis, Joi Podgorny, kids and privacy, Larry-Magid, McAfee study, media awareness, media-literacy, NAMLE, NCPC, Net Family News, online communities, online safety, parental panic, privacy, privacy-data-youth, research ethics, Researching-the-researchers, safety and technology, Secret Online Lives of Teens, sensationalism, Sourcewatch, teens, Virtual-Worlds, youth

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