Marketing in schools

Back to School: Using Branding as a Media Literacy Lesson

September 4, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

August 20, 2015 Update: More Back to School branding boondoggles...Remember when the G-force Gatorade tribe was caught red-handed with their marketing machinations of hawking sugar hydration to … [Read more...]

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CCFC Successfully Knocks Sense Into Scholastic Re: Bratz Books

September 17, 2008 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

As an anti-censorship media maven, I’m always reticent about ‘book bans’ of any sort, except when they’ve devolved into sexualized slop like Bratz diva doll toxic commercialism … [Read more...]

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