Teen Machines

[zonobia]

I had to watch this for homework in my grad class. Very, very disturbing. Most of it I already had an idea about, but to the EXTENT that teenagers are entirely marketed is ridiculous. The whole thing is almost an hour. I found chapter 3 and 4 really disturbing - about marketing boys to be 'Mooks' (sex obsessed pranksters) and girls to be 'Midrifs' (looks obsesssed sex objects). It's all really good. I wish I had the money to buy a copy to show to my students...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/view/