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Media Literacy: 50 Talking Points for 50 Shades of Grey

February 13, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Feb. 13, 2015 Talk about Angry Birds. Parents have been swept into the viral vortex of a gazillion ambient ads piling on to the relentless hype of the Fifty Shades of Grey movie opening today.From sex … [Read more...]

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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 … [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

Attention KMart Shoppers: Dating Violence on Aisle3

October 11, 2009 by Amy Jussel 21 Comments

Oct. 11, 2009 This morning I was in a Sunday reflective sprawl, dogs piled atop the bed, newspaper everywhere, family away, foggy S.F. Bay keeping me nuzzled into my comforter, when I checked in on my … [Read more...]

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