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Burger King Has It Their
Way with Iron Man Cross-Promotions
Read the press
release
“If Burger King believes it is
inappropriate to target children under twelve with product placement,
why are they encouraging children as young as three to see a film with
Burger King product placement?” |
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A New Book by CCFC's Susan
Linn
The Case for Make Believe:
Saving Play in a Commercialized
World
Read the press
release
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Get
your signed copy with a donation of $75 or more to CCFC!
In her new book, The Case
for Make Believe, Dr. Linn argues that while play is crucial to
human development and children are born with an innate capacity for make
believe, the convergence of ubiquitous technology and unfettered
commercialism actually prevents them from playing. In modern day
America, nurturing creative play is not only countercultural—it
threatens corporate profits. |
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CCFC Honors Strong Stance
against Marketing to Children
Morgan Spurlock Receives
Fred Rogers Integrity Award
Read the
press release
CCFC’s
sixth annual Consuming Kids
summit got off to a roaring start with the presentation of the Fred
Rogers Integrity Award to Morgan Spurlock at a reception at the Judge
Baker Children’s Center in Boston.
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Featured Legislation
An Act to Restrict the Sale
of Video Games with Violent Content to Minors
More
about HB 1423
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CCFC Violence
Fact Sheet
Mature-rated video games – many of which feature horrific
violence – are frequently sold to children under the age of
seventeen. This bill would make it illegal
to sell M-rated games to minors
in
Massachusetts. |
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Advocates Decry
Abercrombie & Fitch Naming Rights at Children’s Hospital
Tell Nationwide Children’s Hospital: No Naming
Rights For Abercrombie & Fitch
CCFC's press
release
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The letter
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Take Action
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An A&F Timeline
Citing the harmful effects of
sexualized marketing and clothing on children, dozens of pediatricians,
psychologists, and other advocates for children are urging Nationwide
Children’s Hospital in Columbus not to name its new Emergency Department
and Trauma Center after Abercrombie & Fitch. |
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Disney No
Longer Marketing Baby Einstein Videos as Educational
FTC’s response to CCFC
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The FTC’s response to Baby Einstein
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CCFC’s complaint against Brainy Baby and Baby Einstein.
As a result
of CCFC’s Federal Trade Commission complaint, Baby Einstein
has completely redesigned its website and is no longer making
educational claims about its DVDs and videos.
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Learn
What You
Can Do to Stop BusRadio
More
about BusRadio
BusRadio forces children to listen to commercial radio
broadcasts on school buses around the country. BusRadio boasts
that it will “take targeted student marketing to the next level” and
provide companies with a “captive audience.” |
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A Guide to Commercial-Free
Book Fairs
More
about commercial-free book fairs
Are you tired of all the items for
sale at your book fair that aren’t books--such as toys, video games,
posters, and fashion accessories? Do you think that school book fairs
should promote reading without promoting TV shows and movies?
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