In the wake of yesterday’s federal grand jury cyberbullying indictment of a twisted MySpace hoax which resulted in a teen’s suicide, it seems a good time to revisit the cruelty of the schoolyard.
Except for one small thing…It didn’t happen in the schoolyard…
The perp was a MOM. (CBS video, and Larry Magid’s analysis/ podcast here) Maybe if the fictitious Adina’s Deck teen detective crew were privy to the now infamous Megan Meier case, they may have been able to solve the mystery and spare a life before the cruel MySpace joke got out of hand…
What is Adina’s Deck you say? Adina’s Deck is a worthy, award-winning 30-minute must-see ‘mystery’ film aimed at educating 9-15 year olds about “cyberbullying ” (defined as using technology to harass, humiliate, stalk, or embarrass others via the internet, digital technology and mobile phones)
Grounded in sound theoretical framework, and creat...
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Live Demo Saturday! Using The Age of Conversation for Social GoodFrom: shapingyouth.org
Post Date: 2008-03-27 10:27:02
Child advocates? Champions of change? Rev your social media engines.
This Saturday, you can be a part of it all and see ‘how it’s done’ firsthand, as Age of Conversation co-authors (which I’ve written about here, here, and here) use social media tools to drive traffic to our link on Amazon converting eyeballs to book sales in a Lifeline for Variety, the Children’s Charity.
I’m spotlighting Saturday’s “social media rush”...
more Bimbo Bait: Is Silence or Outrage the Solution for Digital Drek?From: shapingyouth.org
Post Date: 2008-03-26 13:44:13
Early April Fool’s joke? Tasteless ploy of a 23-year old web guy for publicity and profit perhaps?
Just when you thought media influence on body image had reached the tipping point of toxicity, our pals at Beauty and the Breast (and parents , Feministing, mashable, and industry colleagues at Edelman Digital) are reporting in disgust on this new web game, Miss Bimbo making the rounds in Europe where “Girls are encouraged to compete against each other to becom...
more Shaping Youth Features “All Girls Week:” A Gender DiscussionFrom: shapingyouth.org
Post Date: 2008-03-24 03:25:22
As we wrap up Women’s History Month this March, Shaping Youth kicks off a full week of “all things girl, asking the $10,000 question, have we gone forwards or backwards in shaping youth the last two decades?
We’ll start with the ‘whorses’ of the new Strutz line of toys targeting femme/Freud in the 4-8 demographic, (eesh) and segue to Packaging Girlhood in its various forms (negative and positive).
There’s clearly “pink...
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