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KFC’s “Assvertising”–A Double Down of Unhealthy Cues

September 22, 2010 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

September 22, 2010 Would you like a sideorder of sexualization with that heart attack? If the excess sodium from KFC’s Double Down innuendo-laden sat fat monstrosity doesn’t raise your risk factor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: AHA, ambient advertising, American Apparel, Amy-Jussel, Andre Blackman, APA report early sexualization, assvertising, best bottom contest, Body Blitz, bottom feeders, bottoms, boys into monsters, brand-ambassadors, bunless, buns, butts, CCFC, College co-eds, college girls, commodification, CSPI, date rape drugs, Double Down, DoubleDown, DV of sodium, ethics, fast food, frat boys, FTC, girls, girls-self-worth, gluteus ad maximus, heart attacks, Human-billboards, IOM, junk-food, KFC, kidney disease, Kids health, meat marketing, Media-Influence-Kids, mental health, Pornification, public health, rape, rent your backside, Salt assault, salt intake, self-esteem girls, sex sells, sexploitation, Sexualization, Sexualization & Body Image, So Sexy So Soon, socioemotional health, sodium, SPARK! summit, spokesbutts, stroke, teens, youth

Turning Boys Into Monsters: Energy Drink Leaves A Foul Taste (Again)

December 8, 2009 by Amy Jussel 26 Comments

Dec. 8, 2009 It’s Tuesday, time for our weekly “Packaging Boyhood” focus, so what better time than the holiday season to sound the 'red' siren on the 'green' brand that tween and teen boys are sucking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: alcohol, alcopops, behavior, BJ-Fogg, boys, Burger King, caffeine, Camel Orbs, cardiac, childrens health, cocktail, energy fiend, energy shots, energy-drinks, jolt and crash, kids nutrition, Lyn Mikel-Brown, macho, manhood, Mark Tappan, market confusion, marketing, masculinity, monster, monster hitman, objectification, Packaging-Boyhood, Packaging-Girlhood, paid to party, persuasion, pink cigarettes, preteen-health, Red Bull, RockStar, Sharon Lamb, shooters, sodium, squarebutts, sugary sodas, taurine, teens, thinspiration, toxic cues, toxic cues to kids, violence, wellness, Xtreme

Fast Food Chains Are Slowly Getting Healthier: Yum?

July 31, 2009 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

July 31, 2009 With Health magazine coming forth heralding “Top 10 Healthiest Fast Food Restaurants,” and even Center for Science in the Public Interest giving kudos to KFC for their grilled chicken … [Read more...]

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