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Free film screening -- Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood
March 04, 2011
Free screening of Consuming Kids, a documentary film that is critical of corporate advertising to children. After the film viewing, a discussion about it will be led by Sheila Cary-Meagher, Trustee for the Toronto District School Board.
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.
Time: 7:15 - 9:30 pm
Venue: Centre of Gravity
Location: 1300 Gerrard St. East Toronto, ON
Website: http://www.centreofgravity.ca
For information contact: langille@yorku.ca
Categories: Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations
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