MMO Archives - Shaping Youth

Sexism in Video Games: Tropes, Trolls and Terrific Upstanders

June 13, 2012 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Update YET AGAIN: Oct. 15, 2014 Reprising Anita Sarkeesian's important words, "The most radical thing you can do to support women online" given the cancellation of her Utah State University event … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Anita Sarkeesian, anti-bullying, APA, Bailey Shoemaker Richards, benevolent sexism, bullying, Bystanders, Chell, female gamers, Feminist Frequency, GDC 2012, hate speech, Kickstarter, Lara Croft, media vitriol, misogyny, MMO, MMORPG, objectification, rape culture, Samus, school climate, SeX-Box Exposure to sexist video games, sexism, sexism in video game culture, sexism in video games, sexist attacks, sexualized violence, target women, The Bro Code, Tropes vs Women, Upstanders, video games, violence against women, violence and video games, women and media

Internet Safety: Media Literacy Tips From Industry Insiders Pt 1

November 24, 2009 by Amy Jussel 22 Comments

Nov. 24, 2009 As fall weather kicks in and families hunker indoors to ‘more screen time’ than summer time norms, I hear tales of media management missteps that would spin heads faster than a Linda … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: angst, Anne Collier, Balancing safety and fun, Beatbullying, CEOP, Channel Signal, chat rooms, children, computer world, Connect Safely, consoles, Crisp Thinking, cyber angels, cyber law, cybermentors, cybersafety, Cybersecurity, datamining, Death by information overload, digital citizens, digital citizenship, digital dinosaurs, Digizens, elearning, eModeration, EU Kidsonline, Facebook, filters, FOSI, gaming, Gazillion, genY, GenZ, Get safe, grooming, Habbo Hotel, Insafe, internet safety forum, internet safety tips, internet-safety, invisible cement, Izzy-Neis, Kids, Kids Online, knee-jerk reactions, Kzero, Larry-Magid, life literacy, media-literacy, Megan Meier, Metaverse ModSquad, MMO, MMORPG, moderated chat, moral-panic, multiplayer chat, NetFamily-News, obsolete tech, Ofcom, online communities, online moderators, online safety, Online safety 3.0, parenting, parents, predator panic, prevention, privacy, profile pages, reputation, Reputation Share, role playing, RPG, safer internet, screen time, SLJ, social-media, Spiral Solutions, Tamara Littleton, teens, ThinkUKnow, tmi, tracking tools, tweens, Twitter, Virtual-Worlds, Webosaurs, youth, youth risk