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First Person Storytelling: The Real Deal Impacts Youth

January 17, 2011 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

Feb. 15, 2014 Update: Don't miss Frank Baker's fabulous article about inspiring photojournalist Gordon Parks; perfect storytelling for Black History Month and year round engagement. Jan. 20, 2014 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 50 year anniversary civil rights, African Americans, Alabama, Alabama State University, ASU Sit-In, black history, Celebrity worship, civil rights, contrition, Curious George, Day of Service, digital storytelling, experiential learning, first person narrative, fleeing holocaust, Inspiring-Teens, Jewish Contemporary Art Museum, John Dixon ASU, larger than life, living legends, MLK, peer to peer influence, Personal stories, race and justice, reach and teach, segregation, Storybird, StoryCorps, storytelling, student stories, teaching moments

A HUGE Breakthrough for TV: Nuance Trumps Vapid Vixens Aplenty

August 12, 2010 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

August 12, 2010 In part one and part two of my posts about ABC Family’s Huge premiere, I hoped to see the show evolve from the hope and promise of some stellar scriptwriter ‘attachments’ to actually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: ABC Family, Actionist Network, Actionists, appearance cues, body peace, body-positive, bullying, childhood obesity, Confidence Community, Dietary Guidelines, dieting, Dr. Robyn, eating-disorders, Fat camp, fat farm, girls self esteem, Good Girls Don't Get Fat, Gossip Girl, Hayley Hasselhoff, health, Hollywood and Health, Huge, HugeActionist, Jess Weiner, junk-food, KFF, Kids, Live Huge, mean girls, media influence, NEDA, Nikky Blonsky, nutrition, Obese, overweight, peer to peer influence, Plus-Size, Plus-Size Models, relational aggression, Rock what you've got, Savannah Dooley, scriptwriting, teen relationships, teen self worth, teens, WebMD, weight obsession, well-being, Winnie Holzman 10

A HUGE Opportunity: Don’t Blow It ABC Family (Pt 1)

June 24, 2010 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

June 24, 2010 “An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.” ---Bill Bernbach Those timeless words of the venerable ad legend capture the power and potential of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: ABC Family, Actionist Network, Actionists, Alloy Entertainment, Biggest Loser, Blink, body peace, body-positive, bullying, childhood obesity, Confidence Community, Dietary Guidelines, dieting, eating-disorders, entertainment, Fast Food Nation, Fat camp, fat farm, girls self esteem, Gossip Girl, health, Hollywood and Health, Hollywood Health briefing, Huge, HugeActionist, Jessica-Rabbit, junk-food, KFF, Kids, Live Huge, mean girls, media influence, NEDA, Nikky Blonsky, nutrition, Obese, overweight, peer to peer influence, Plus-Size, Plus-Size Models, relational aggression, Rock what you've got, Savannah Dooley, scriptwriting, teen relationships, teen self worth, teens, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Ugly Betty, WebMD, weight obsession, well-being, Winnie Holzman

FCC: Kids Programming Is Laden With Product Placement

October 22, 2008 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

That’s my official FCC filing at left, (squeaked in under the deadline today, explained why later) which emphatically states kids should be OFF LIMITS to embedded ads designed to bypass the Tivo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: ad-creep, advergaming, American-Idol, Better For You products, BFY, brandwashing, children, Childrens Television Act, coffee cups, commercialism, common sense, corporate pedophilia, cwickies, DigitalAds.org, discernment, embedded ads, FCC, FCC safeguards, FCC-Integrated-Marketing-Rules, FCC-product-placement, free speech, Girls Intelligence Agency, Happy Feet, Hard sell to kids, industry accountability, JustKid Inc., Kids, McDonalds, Media 3.0, media influencers, media-literacy, name-dropping, news team product placement, peer to peer influence, plotline ad integration, product integration, product shills, psychological tactics, Rounders, social-media, Spongebob, sponsorships, street teams, teens, Theraflu, Tremor, tweens, Virtual-Worlds, vulnerability

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