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On the Web
- Kids and Commercialism - Campaign to teach more about the effects of advertising and marketing on kids, and practical tips to deal with this growing problem. From the Center for a New American Dream.
- Selling America's Kids: Commercial Pressures on Kids of the 90's - Consumers Union report surveys trends in marketing directed to kids, and points to problems that should be addressed by parents, schools, and the government.
- Target Market - Explores impact of advertising in education and public spaces. Contains long paper, "Advertising as a Behavioral Science", by Michael Cyrus Abadi.
- BADvertising: Honest Tobacco Advertising - Site devoted to tobacco education and spoof tobacco advertisements. Features a comprehensive gallery of these altered tobacco ads.
- Circle 1 Network - Specializes in marketing to kids and families with interactive strategies including educational games and kid advertising.
- Advertising in the Media - Curricular resources and instructional materials for teachers and students. Lots of useful links. Part of the Community Learning Network.
- Stop Commercial Exploitation of Children - Organization against advertising and marketing to children. Events, links, how to join, newsletter, and press releases.
- Commercial Alert - Helps families, schools, and communities defend themselves against commercialism, advertising, and marketing. Campaigns focus on culture, education, government, and economy. Includes ideas for action, mailing list, news, and research library.
- Testimony on Channel One - Ralph Nader's testimony before the United States Senate on commercial television in schools.
- Liquid Candy: How soft drinks are harming Americans' health - This review discusses the nutritional impact and health consequences of massive consumption of soft-drinks, particularly in teenagers. Covers aggressive marketing techniques.
Wikipedia Articles
- Quiz Kids - Quiz Kids, a popular radio-TV series of the 1940s and 1950s, was created by Chicago public relations and advertising man Louis G. Cowan.
- Raggs LLC - Raggs LLC was founded by Toni Steedman, a former advertising executive of Charlotte, North Carolina. The company is based around RAGGS Kids Club Band, a television and live property, created by Steedman.
- Dynamic Images - Dynamic Images, formerly PP/G (Production Photo/Graphics), is a graphics imaging company that specializes in advertising and graphics for a number of well known companies such as Disney and Nike Inc.. Located in Los Angeles, California, they are known for some of their film ad campaigns, such as the Spy Kids franchise and ZathuraDynamic Images corporate site.
- Lemonade Stand (business) - Lemonade Stands are businesses that are commonly owned and operated by kids that sell lemonade. They are usually made out of plywood or cardboard boxes with a paper sign on front advertising the lemonade stand.