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Youth in Egypt: Freedom, Phones- And A New World Media Order

February 12, 2011 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

Feb 12, 2011 I love editorial cartoons… they’re storytellers in a sound bite, with a wink and nod to profound societal changes and a snappy headline to boot. I use cartoons in media literacy deconstruction a lot, because like meaningful manga and graphic novels, they ‘cut to the chase’ with youth appeal and enable us to uncork deeper conversations in give and take style; a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Shaping Youth Tagged With: #Jan25, citizen-journalism, David Horsey, digital citizenship, editorial cartoons, Egypt, Egypt revolution, Haiti benefit, headline news, Iconic Insta-Media, innovation, interdependence, journalism, media-literacy, mHealth, mobile for good, Mobile Youth, Mubarak, N2Y4, NEDA, One world, Shoe Throwers Index, six degrees of connective intelligence, social-media, storytellers, The past meets the future, twitter journalism, Uninstalling dictator, uprising, Ushahidi, using mobile to mobilize, Walt Handelsman, youth activism

Behind The Wheel Texting: What Works to Drive Behavioral Change?

January 21, 2011 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

Feb. 4, 2015 Update Please join our friends at Cyberwise.org for a BlogTalk convo with Lauren Galley of Real Talk, Real Teens, Real Issues on Feb. 5, 2015 as texting and driving survivor Liz Marks shares her harrowing firsthand experience that changed her life forever. Parents, this is a media moment where teens might just LISTEN. Tune in for storytelling that can make a … [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, Product Placement, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, AT&T mobile, Auto safety, barking robot, BJ-Fogg, Car and Driver, cellphone-use-teens, child safety, Derek Baird, distracted driving, Distraction.gov, DMV, DMV-CA-Cellphone-youth-laws, DOT, driver safety, driver's ed, driving while texting, DWI, Education World, GPS, Hands-Free-Cellphone-Law, handsfree-mobile, highway safety, intervention, Jane Lynch, Lesson Plans, Mobile Youth, mobile-youth-trends, N2Y4, no phone zone, Oprah pledge, risk prevention, road warriors, Standards-Based Curriculum, T-Mobile DriveSmart, teen auto fatalities, Teens Texting, text ed, texting-while-driving, The Last Text, under the influence, using mobile to mobilize, YPulse

Mobile for Good: N2Y4 Top Tier Contenders Announced

April 13, 2009 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

April 13, 2009 Awhile back I wrote about mobilizing youth via mobile, and this past weekend’s Global Engagement Summit seems to have brought out all kinds of positive media uses and leadership teams eager to make a difference on the ol’ blue marble. (Here's a glimpse into the GES world via 10:00 Northwestern Univ. video) Thanks to NetSquared passionista Britt Bravo, I’ve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, Andre Blackman, Britt-Bravo, cellphones, cells, change agents, Change Bloggers, Change the Web, Dean Eckles, Deb-Levine, Distributive Networks, Fast Forward Fund, GES, Global engagement, Graham Brown, Horsepower Challenge, Humana Games, IDEA Team, Isis, Josh Dhaliwal, Kevin Bertram, Kids, Mobile Youth, N2Y4, Net2, NetSquared, Nokia, Northwestern University, social good, teens, tweens, Ushahidi, youth culture