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Consuming Kids - What Parents Can Do (Extra Feature) COMING SOON TO DVD! http://www.mediaed.org Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children's marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids. Featuring: Dan Acuff | Enola Aird | Michael Brody |Nancy Carlsson-Paige | Josh Golin | Allen Kanner | Velma LaPoint | Diane Levin | Susan Linn | Robert Reiher | Michael Rich | Gary Ruskin | Nick Russell | Juliet Schor | Betsy Taylor | David Walsh Sections: The Floodgates Open | By Any Means Necessary | Under the Microscope | Brand New World | Cradle to Grave | Rewiring Childhood | Our Future Extras: What Parents Can Do | Barney vs Power Rangers | Jolts and Tricks Tags: MEF consumerism children |
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"So Sexy So Soon" - Jean Kilbourne & Diane Levin on "Today" http://www.mediaed.org Diane Levin appears in "Consuming Kids," and Kilbourne in "Killing Us Softly 3." Both available on DVD from The Media Education Foundation. Tags: MEF Jean Kilbourne Diane Levin Consuming Kids Killing Us Softly Sexualization Consumerism Commercialiam Gender |
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Documentary Films. Challenging Media. The Media Education Foundation (MEF) http://www.mediaed.org The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political and cultural impact of American mass media. Board of Advisors: Noam Chomsky, Jeff Cohen, Susan Douglas, Michael Eric Dyson, Susan Faludi, Henry Giroux, Stuart Hall, bell hooks, Jackson Katz, Jean Kilbourne, Naomi Klein, Pepi Leistyna, Robert W. McChesney, Jack Shaheen, Juliet Schor, Normon Solomon, John Stauber, Ellen Wartella, Cornel West, John Edgar Wideman Executive Director: Sut Jhally Tags: MEF Sut Jhally Media Education Foundation Gender Race Class Health Advertising Consumerism Politics Documentary Films |
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Generation M: Misogyny in Media & Culture - Trailer http://www.mediaed.org A film by Thomas Keith, PH.D Despite the achievements of the women's movement over the past four decades, misogyny remains a persistent force in American culture. In this important documentary, Thomas Keith, professor of philosophy at California State University-Long Beach, looks specifically at misogyny and sexism in mainstream American media, exploring how negative definitions of femininity and hateful attitudes toward women get constructed and perpetuated at the very heart of our popular culture. The film tracks the destructive dynamics of misogyny across a broad and disturbing range of media phenomena: including the hyper-sexualization of commercial products aimed at girls, the explosion of violence in video games aimed at boys, the near-hysterical sexist rants of hip-hop artists and talk radio shock jocks, and the harsh, patronizing caricatures of femininity and feminism that reverberate throughout the mainstream of American popular culture. Along the way, Generation M forces us to confront the dangerous real-life consequences of misogyny in all its forms - making a compelling case that when we devalue more than half the population based on gender, we harm boys and men as well as women and girls. Featuring interviews with gender violence prevention educators Byron Hurt, Jackson Katz, and Jean Kilbourne. Tags: MEF Media Education Foundation literacy misogyny sexism culture Eminem Bratz Barbie dolls |
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Media Literacy, Education & Choice http://www.mediaed.org The Media Education Foundation presents Generation M: Misogyny in Media & Culture Available on DVD Fall 2008 Tags: MEF Media Education Foundation literacy misogyny sexism culture |
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The Price of Pleasure - Donkey Punch The Price of Pleasure Coming Soon to DVD http://www.mediaed.org http://www.thepriceofpleasure.com Tags: MEF Media Education Foundation Boink Donkey Punch porn sex industry pornography relationships sexism gender sexuality |
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Noam Chomsky on Pornography: The Price of Pleasure on DVD! Open Lens Media & The Media Education Foundation presents A film by Miguel Picker & Chyng Sun Associate Producer: Robert Wosnitzer The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality & Relationships Coming to DVD Fall 2008 http://www.thepriceofpleasure.com http://www.mediaed.org Tags: MEF Media Education Foundation Noam Chomsky porn sex industry pornography Hustler magazine sexism gender sexuality |
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It Is About Oil http://www.BloodandOilMovie.com This is a clip from the 52-minute documentary Blood and Oil, featuring Michael T. Klare. Now Available on DVD. Tags: MEF Michael Klare McCain blood oil energy resources terror terrorism US Middle East 911 Arab Iraq war |
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Blood and Oil - Gulf War http://www.bloodandoilmovie.com Now available on DVD. This is a 3 minute clip from Blood and Oil, featuring Michael T. Klare. This clip looks at how the public justifications for the first Gulf War changed from those of concerns about the energy supply to Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and humanitarian record. Tags: Michael Klare Bush George H.W. Gulf War oil energy resources weapons mass destruction Hitler Saddam Hussein |
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Blood and Oil - ANWR http://www.bloodandoilmovie.com NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD This is a clip from Blood and Oil, a 52-minute documentary featuring Michael T. Klare. This clip looks at the Bush Administration's 2001 energy policy and questions the idea that we should drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Tags: MEF Michael Klare ANWR blood oil energy resources terror terrorism US Middle East 911 Arab Iraq war |
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Blood and Oil - the Carter Doctrine http://www.BloodAndOilMovie.com Now Available on DVD Tags: MEF Michael Klare Carter blood oil energy resources terror terrorism US Middle East 911 Arab Iraq war |
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Blood and Oil - FDR meets with the King of Saudi Arabia http://www.BloodAndOilMovie.com NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD This a clip from Blood and Oil, featuring Michael Klare. This clip highlights the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia and how it traces back to a 1945 meeting between Franklin Roosevelt and the King of Saudi Arabia. Tags: MEF Michael Klare FDR blood oil energy resources terror terrorism US Middle East 911 Arab Iraq war |
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War Made Easy - New Clip http://www.WarMadeEasyTheMovie.org War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war line of one administration after another. War Made Easy gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq. Driven by media critic Norman Solomon's meticulous research and tough-minded analysis, it sets stunning examples of propaganda and media complicity from the present within the context of rare footage from political leaders and leading journalists of the Vietnam era, including Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, dissident Senator Wayne Morse, and news correspondents Walter Cronkite and Morley Safer. Norman Solomon's work has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as "brutally persuasive" and essential "for those who would like greater context with their bitter morning coffee." This film now offers a chance to see that context on the screen. Tags: MEF War Made Easy Norman Solomon Sean Penn Bush propaganda Iraq Vietnam Jim Lehrer Wolf Blitzer Christiane Amanpour |
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Robert Jay Lifton on War and Political Violence (6 of 6) http://www.mediaed.org Robert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory. Tags: MEF Robert Jay Lifton War Political Violence |
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Robert Jay Lifton on War and Political Violence (5 of 6) http://www.mediaed.org Robert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory. Tags: MEF Robert Jay Lifton War Political Violence |
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Robert Jay Lifton on War and Political Violence (4 of 6) http://www.mediaed.org Robert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory. Tags: MEF Robert Jay Lifton War Political Violence |
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Robert Jay Lifton on War and Political Violence (3 of 6) http://www.mediaed.org Robert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory. Tags: MEF Robert Jay Lifton War Political Violence |
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Robert Jay Lifton on War and Political Violence (2 of 6) http://www.mediaed.org Robert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory. Tags: MEF Robert Jay Lifton War Political Violence |
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Robert Jay Lifton on War and Political Violence (1 of 6) http://www.mediaed.org Robert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory. Tags: MEF Robert Jay Lifton War Political Violence |
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Zia Mian on Empire (3 of 3) http://www.mediaed.org Zia Mian is a physicist at Princeton who studies nuclear proliferation and related topics. His talk was about The Project For A New American Century and U.S. imperialism. Tags: MEF Zia Mian Empire Iraq War Foreign Policy America |