http://www.pixelproductionsinc.com/  www.mediaed.org For marketers who wish to reach the lucrative youth market, the relatively uncluttered medium of the school environment represents the final frontier � access to a captive audience of millions of students. Meanwhile dwindling federal, state, and local funding for education has left many schools vulnerable to the advertiser�s pitch. As a result, commercialism has steadily increased in America�s public schools in recent years, often with little or no public awareness ...

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http://www.pixelproductionsinc.com/  www.mediaed.org Jean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender representation in advertising. Her award-winning Killing us Softly films have influenced millions of college and high school students across two generations and on an international scale. In this important new film, Kilbourne reviews if and how the image of women in advertising has changed over the last 20 years. With wit and warmth, Kilbourne uses over 160 ads and TV commercials to critique ...

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http://www.pixelproductionsinc.com/  Here are two clips from: Advertising and The End of The World - Part 1 - Professor Sut Jhally, of the Media Educaton Foundation and author of "Codes of Advertising" and producer and narrator in "Dreamworlds 3" hope.journ.wwu.edu

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http://www.pixelproductionsinc.com/  used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain. Focusing on the industry's marketing practices, media scholars and health professionals help viewers understand the ways in which direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising glamorizes and normalizes the use of prescription medication, and works in tandem with promotion to doctors. Combined, these industry practices shape how both patients and doctors understand and relate to disease and treatment. Ultimately, Big ...

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