April 7, 2013 Update: This topic will be the opening plenary at the newly rebranded Yth.org public health conference today in S.F., livestreamed here: YthLive.org at 4pm Pacific time/1pm ET.I can't wait to hear this panel, as I've got questions out the wazoo in terms of opportunities for education, producers' ratings baiting w/scripts, social norming and accountability, and … [Read more...]
Influencers, Accountability and the Global Cost to Youth
Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: Advocates-for-youth, Africa, AIDS, Anti-Condom, APA, Catholics, CDC, Condoms, dissolvable tobacco products, do no harm, Gurl.com, HIV, Holy See, influencers, Isis, marketing mindshare, media glamorization of sex, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, preventive practices, safe sex, Secret Life of the American Teenager, sex sells, Sex-Tech, Sub-Sahara, SxTech, Tapestries-of-Hope, teen pregnancy, teen sex survey, teen sexual behavior, The Pontiff, TOH, Tyra Banks, Vatican, YRBS
New Moon Girl Media: Orb28 Gives Rise to Teen Voices (Part 2)
Ready to tap into the 'inner sphere' of the upcoming teen site Orb28? Continuing yesterday's post about youth media orgs like these ready to put pop culture messaging on a whole new frequency, we'll see what some of the Orb28 Girls Web Editorial Board (at left) have to say about 'what's good for girls'...(also don't miss Patti Binder's blog along these lines!) Orb28 fits … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel-Shaping-Youth, CosmoGirl, Courtney-Macavinta, Critical-thinking-skills, DigiGirlz, Dr.-Jennifer-Austin-Leigh, feminist, feminsting, Girls-Are-Champions, global-girls-groups, GLTR-Girls, Gurl.com, Laid-or-Loved, License-to-thrive, media-literacy, Nancy-Gruver, New-Moon-Girl-Media, Orb28, Packaging-Boyhood, preteens, readergirlz, Reign-of-the-Girl-Child, RespectRx, social-media, Starlings-Volleyball USA, Tapestries-of-Hope, teen-cheerleader-planned-parenthood, Teen-pregnancy-pacts, TitleIX, tweens, UGC-teens, Young-People-Who-Rock, Youth-advocacy, YPulse-National-Mashup