Born to Buy: A Groundbreaking Exposé of a Marketing Culture That Makes Children Believe They Are What They Own. (USA Today)

Marketing targeted at kids is virtually everywhere -- in classrooms and textbooks, on the Internet, even at...
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Author: Juliet B. Schor
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Language: English
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Born to Buy: A Groundbreaking Exposé of a Marketing Culture That Makes Children Believe They Are What They Own. (USA Today) by Schor, Juliet B.

Born to Buy: A Groundbreaking Exposé of a Marketing Culture That Makes Children Believe They Are What They Own. (USA Today)

€28,32

Born to Buy: A Groundbreaking Exposé of a Marketing Culture That Makes Children Believe They Are What They Own. (USA Today)

€28,32
Author: Juliet B. Schor
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Marketing targeted at kids is virtually everywhere -- in classrooms and textbooks, on the Internet, even at Girl Scout meetings, slumber parties, and the playground. Product placement and other innovations have introduced more subtle advertising to movies and television. Drawing on her own survey research and unprecedented access to the advertising industry, Juliet B. Schor, New York Times bestselling author of The Overworked American, examines how marketing efforts of vast size, scope, and effectiveness have created "commercialized children." Ads and their messages about sex, drugs, and food affect not just what children want to buy, but who they think they are. In this groundbreaking and crucial book, Schor looks at the consequences of the commercialization of childhood and provides guidelines for parents and teachers. What is at stake is the emotional and social well-being of our children. Like Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed, Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia, and Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point, Born to Buy is a major contribution to our understanding of a contemporary trend and its effects on the culture.

Author: Juliet B. Schor
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.41h x 5.53w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780684870564


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 65 - Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended

About the Author
Schor, Juliet B.: - Juliet B. Schor is the award-winning author of The Overworked American and The Overspent American. A recognized expert on consumerism, economics, and family studies, she teaches at Boston College and lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

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