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How Consumer Culture Controls Our Kids: Cashing in on Conformity (Childhood in America)

Jennifer Hill

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Description:In this critique of America's consumption-based society, author Jennifer Hill chronicles the impact of consumer culture on children from the evolution of childhood play to a child's self-perception as a consumer to the consequences of this generation's repeated media exposure to violence. Hill proposes that corporations, eager to tap into a multibillion-dollar market, use the power of advertising and the media to mold children's thoughts and behaviors.The book features vignettes with teenagers explaining, in their own words, how advertising determines their needs, wants, and self-esteem. An in-depth analysis of this research reveals the influence of media on a young person's desire to conform, shows how broadcasted depictions of beauty distort the identities of children and teens, and uncovers corporate agendas for manipulating behavior in the younger generation. The work concludes with the position that corporations are shaping children to be efficient consumers but, in return, are harming their developing young minds and physical well-being."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How Consumer Culture Controls Our Kids: Cashing in on Conformity (Childhood in America). To get started finding How Consumer Culture Controls Our Kids: Cashing in on Conformity (Childhood in America), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In this critique of America's consumption-based society, author Jennifer Hill chronicles the impact of consumer culture on children from the evolution of childhood play to a child's self-perception as a consumer to the consequences of this generation's repeated media exposure to violence. Hill proposes that corporations, eager to tap into a multibillion-dollar market, use the power of advertising and the media to mold children's thoughts and behaviors.The book features vignettes with teenagers explaining, in their own words, how advertising determines their needs, wants, and self-esteem. An in-depth analysis of this research reveals the influence of media on a young person's desire to conform, shows how broadcasted depictions of beauty distort the identities of children and teens, and uncovers corporate agendas for manipulating behavior in the younger generation. The work concludes with the position that corporations are shaping children to be efficient consumers but, in return, are harming their developing young minds and physical well-being."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How Consumer Culture Controls Our Kids: Cashing in on Conformity (Childhood in America). To get started finding How Consumer Culture Controls Our Kids: Cashing in on Conformity (Childhood in America), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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