April 7, 2013 Update: This topic will be the opening plenary at the newly rebranded Yth.org public health conference today in S.F., livestreamed here: YthLive.org at 4pm Pacific time/1pm ET.I can't wait to hear this panel, as I've got questions out the wazoo in terms of opportunities for education, producers' ratings baiting w/scripts, social norming and accountability, and … [Read more...]
Influencers, Accountability and the Global Cost to Youth
Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: Advocates-for-youth, Africa, AIDS, Anti-Condom, APA, Catholics, CDC, Condoms, dissolvable tobacco products, do no harm, Gurl.com, HIV, Holy See, influencers, Isis, marketing mindshare, media glamorization of sex, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, preventive practices, safe sex, Secret Life of the American Teenager, sex sells, Sex-Tech, Sub-Sahara, SxTech, Tapestries-of-Hope, teen pregnancy, teen sex survey, teen sexual behavior, The Pontiff, TOH, Tyra Banks, Vatican, YRBS
Hey Kids: Received a Text from the Pope Yet?
It’s Christmas eve, a time to rejoice…“The Vatican is endorsing new technology that brings the book of daily prayers used by priests straight onto iPhones.” Hail Mary and Hallelujah, the outreach of new media knows no bounds. Actually, this is smarter than um, heck on the youth outreach front and lord knows our planet could use more kindness and … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: App Store, Apple, catholic, Christmas eve prayer, cult of mac, Digital praying, Father Padrini, iBreviary, iphone, iphone apps, iRosary, itunes, Mac, mobile apps, mobile prayer, morning prayer, Pontiff, pontificating, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope blesses iphone app, religion, Scientific American, spirituality, technology, Vatican blesses iphone app, World Youth Day, youth