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This space is for periodic postings from organizations with opportunities for you to get involved in activities and events challenging and changing destructive media images. If you are an organization interested in posting on this space, please send information about your event to jkilbourne@aol.com. Although Jean Kilbourne supports these activities in general, she has not participated in planning them and, if the activity is an event, she will not necessarily be present. She screens these announcements, but cannot be responsible for changes, misinformation, etc. If you are interested, please contact the sponsoring group. |
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ACME Summit 2008 and the National Conference on Media Reform: Minneapolis, June 5-8. On June 5 in Minneapolis, the Action Coalition for Media
Education
(ACME) will conduct a special one day teach-in. Learn a host
of useful media literacy education 2.0 tips, tools, techniques, and
strategies. Walk away with the knowledge, skills and civic spirit
desperately needed to challenge big media...and win! Use our new and
expanded tools of media literacy education (2.0) to motivate citizens,
parents and students in ways that turn them into media reform activists
who will be able to motivate people toward media reform or any
cause. Confirmed presenters include ACME co-presidents Bob
McCannon and Rob Williams, CCFC's Josh Golin, and Kendra Hodgson of the
Media Education Foundation. For more info, visit http://acmecoalition.org/acme_summit_2008. |
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From Jennifer Wedekind at Commercial Alert: HarperCollins Children's Books recently announced plans to publish a new series of books targeted at 8- to 12-year-olds featuring a character called "Mackenzie Blue." Although touted by the publisher for teaching kids about protecting the environment and promoting global understanding, the Mackenzie Blue series actually aims to be a vehicle for delivering commercial messages, through product-placement hidden advertisements, product tie-ins, and affiliated multi-media corporate sponsorships. The author of the series, Tina Wells, is chief executive of Buzz Marketing Group, which specializes in marketing to children and adolescents. Book publishers should not be exploiting children for commercial gain. Books should educate and entertain children - not encourage them to buy a particular brand of shoe or soft drink. Please click here to tell HarperCollins not to publish "Mackenzie Blue" unless all product placements and tie-ins with external advertisers are removed. |
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Award-winning journalist Susan Faludi has spent decades documenting the dangerous impact of media sexism on American women, and on our country. Now, the author of Backlash and The Terror Dream asks for your help to improve the media landscape (http://madre.kintera.org/wimndonations): Count me in! I want to amplify women’s voices in the media! Your tax-deductible support to Women In Media & News – a media analysis, education and advocacy group fiscally sponsored by MADRE – is crucial to WIMN's ability to increase women's presence and power in the public debate. When you contribute to WIMN, you enable us to propel women’s voices onto the public stage, help journalists to create better, more diverse media, and empower women to work for media justice. |
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