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Topic: Cory, Celestina and I discuss what many may consider predatory practices in modern advertising and 360-degree marketing to children. While these techniques have become more sophisticated with the arrival of new media, they still rely on the basic tricks that adults have been falling for since the mid-1920s.
-Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (Documentary)
-Government intervention in media, Federal Trade Commission
-Edward Bernays
This show was recorded live on 12-27-12. School Sucks is live on UStream Saturdays at 6pm EST.
Look Closer:
Propaganda (1928)by Edward Bernays
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/bernprop.html
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