Advertising in the Media - http://www.cln.org/themes/media_advert.html
Curricular resources and instructional materials for teachers and students. Lots of useful links. Part of the Community Learning Network. |
BADvertising: Honest Tobacco Advertising - http://www.badvertising.org
Site devoted to tobacco education and spoof tobacco advertisements. Features a comprehensive gallery of these altered tobacco ads. |
Commercial Alert - http://www.commercialalert.org/
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. |
Electric Snow: TV in Our Time - http://library.thinkquest.org/17067/
A student-created site geared toward students ages 12 to 18 to be more aware of themselves and the way they are influenced by television. |
Kids and Commercialism - http://www.newdream.org/kids/
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. |
Liquid Candy: How soft drinks are harming Americans' health - http://www.cspinet.org/sodapop/liquid_candy.htm
This review discusses the nutritional impact and health consequences of massive consumption of soft-drinks, particularly in teenagers. Covers aggressive marketing techniques. |
Selling America's Kids: Commercial Pressures on Kids of the 90's - http://www.consumersunion.org/other/sellingkids/index.htm
Consumers Union report surveys trends in marketing directed to kids, and points to problems that should be addressed by parents, schools, and the government. |
Stop Commercial Exploitation of Children - http://www.commercialexploitation.com/
Organization against advertising and marketing to children. Events, links, how to join, newsletter, and press releases. |
Target Market - http://www.targetmarket.org
Explores impact of advertising in education and public spaces. Contains long paper, "Advertising as a Behavioral Science", by Michael Cyrus Abadi. |
Testimony on Channel One - http://www.commercialalert.org/channel_one/nader.html
Ralph Nader's testimony before the United States Senate on commercial television in schools. |