Baby apps, teen films, Stride Rite, Marissa Mayer, female-centric media or lack thereof, media research, Miley and Robin

August 28, 2013 by

This week, a mish-mash of media readings.  First of all, I'm grateful to my friend Melissa Wardy of PigtailPals for putting together this discussion for parents about the Miley Cyrus performance on MTV's music video awards show this weekend. What … [Read more...]

Filed Under: boys and men in media, bullying, gender stereotyping, girls and women in media, health issues, marketing gone too far, marketing to children, marketing to parents, media gone too far, objectification, sexualization, violence in the media

Research on children, youth and television

October 18, 2012 by

Catching you up on several important recent studies: Monster High has been called out for bullying Portrayals of bullying on children's television is shockingly high A study published in the Journal of Communication looking at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bullying, health issues, mental health issues, screen time, substance abuse

A reading list from the @mktgchildhood Twitter timeline

April 21, 2011 by

Time again for a roundup of interesting reading I have found and posted on Twitter with a focus on the topic of selling our kids to the highest bidder.(Do you follow me on Twitter? If you are interested in the topics we talk about here, then please … [Read more...]

Filed Under: body image, bullying, commercialization of childhood, gender stereotyping, girls and women in media, health issues, pornification, sexualization