Advertising in the Media
Curricular resources and instructional materials for teachers and students. Lots of useful links. Part of the Community Learning Network.
BADvertising: Honest Tobacco Advertising
Site devoted to tobacco education and spoof tobacco advertisements. Features a comprehensive gallery of these altered tobacco ads.
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.
Electric Snow: TV in Our Time
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
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 American
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
Consumers Union report surveys trends in marketing directed to kids, and points to problems that should be addressed by parents, schools, and the government.
Shrinks and Con Men
An unholy alliance of psychologists and advertisers targets kiddie consumers. From Salon magazine.
Stop Commercial Exploitation of Children
Organization against advertising and marketing to children. Events, links, how to join, newsletter, and press releases.
Target Market
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
Ralph Nader's testimony before the United States Senate on commercial television in schools.