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Born to Buy

by Juliet B Schor

About this title: Ads targeted at kids are virtually everywhere - in classrooms and textbooks, on the Internet, even at Girl Scout meetings, slumber parties, and the playground. Product placement and other innovations have introduced more subtle advertising to movies and television. Drawing on her own survey research and unprecedented access to the advertising industry, author Juliet Schor examines how marketing efforts of vast size, scope and effectiveness have created 'commercialized children'. Ads and their messages about sex, drugs and food affect not just what children want to buy, but who they think they ... read more

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Born to Buy

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Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Scribner Book Company Date Published: 10/2005 ISBN-13: 9780684870564 ISBN: 0684870568

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goodreads rating 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
Oct 17, 2009
By Laura, The United States

"This book woke me up to a lot of ways companies are trying to pretty much brainwash me and my children and the rest of us to buy."

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Aug 18, 2009
By Tonya, Columbus, IN

"I always succeed in finding books that make me feel outraged. This one is a dry read, but the information is scary and holds your attention."

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Jul 4, 2009
By Megrcross, Norwood, NJ

"a great nonfic if you are interested in socially, marketing and/or child development. based on very specific marketing and advertising examples, to prove general points about the topics, and in some cases i didn't really get the connection. however, pretty solid overall and equally as frightening as the cover picture."

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goodreads rating 3 out of 5 3 out of 5
Jun 4, 2009
By Kate, The United States

"read this! concrete reasoning to scale back your consumption...we all just have too much and she lays out the consequences to our obsession with accruing. do it for the children..."

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