Feb. 2, 2009 We interrupt this teens in tech series for a Superbowl snapback. Yes, it’s Ground Hog Day, and like the Bill Murray movie I feel it’s a ‘repeat’ of Superbowl advertising analysis veering into the pain-n-pummel anger management sphere to see how a $3 million media buy in a recession can boost buzz with the requisite angst-driven adults fielding more tantrums than … [Read more...]
Superbowl Sunday: Random Acts of Violence, Kiddies?
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Add new tag, cartoonish violence, chuck it, crashing snowglobes, Danica Patrick, Doritos ad, e-trade baby, Ka-pow, Kids, kids and media, pretty tough, sexist ads, She's geeky, ShesGeeky, snowglobes, Superbowl 2009, Superbowl ad revenue, superbowl ads, teens in tech, violence, violence and video games, violence studies
DigiGirlz: Teen Girls Build Community, Online and Off (Part Three)
Jan. 30, 2009 I met Lynn Langit of Microsoft DigiGirlz last year at my first 'She’s Geeky' and saw her determined passion and creative desire to offer 13-19 year old girls exposure to technical career opportunities firsthand. So THIS year at She's Geeky Lynn and I sat together at lunch and yakked in nanosecond updates trying to cram in all that’s going on with both of our … [Read more...]
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