Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood

By S. Linn. 2004

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Growing up in a Material World: Age Differences in Materialism in Children and Adolescents (2007, background): “Social scientists have responded with a burst of recent books that decry materialism among young consumers and criticize marketing’s role in the development of materialistic values (Kasser 2002; Linn 2004; Schor 2004).”
Effects of soft drink consumption on nutrition and health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2007, background): “''"^ The industry trade association in the United States (the American Beverage Association, formerly the National Soft Drink Association) counters nutrition concems with several key points: (1) the science linking soft drink consumption to negative health outcomes is flawed or insufficient, (2) sof”
Building Meaningful Parasocial Relationships Between Toddlers and Media Characters to Teach Early Mathematical Skills (2013, background): “Although there are arguments that toy media characters promote commercialism (Linn, 2004) and even obesity (Institute of Medicine, 2006), media characters can also promote learning of educational STEM content, an area in which U.S. children lag behind children in other developed nations (U.S.…”
Some Costs of American Corporate Capitalism: A Psychological Exploration of Value and Goal Conflicts (2007, background): “Despite such evidence, advertisers and corporations doggedly defend their “right” to manipulate children and their parents for the sake of profit, (Linn, 2004; Schor, 2004; Kanner and Gomes, 1995; Kanner, 2005; Kunkel, Wilcox, Cantor, Palmer, Linne, and Dowrick, 2005).”
Endangered childhoods: how consumerism is impacting child and youth identity (2011, background): “…American Psychiatric Association issued a joint statement on media violence in which they reported a consensus in the public health community that children are particularly vulnerable in adopting aggressive attitudes, values and behaviors as a result of watching entertainment violence (Linn, 2004).”