So here we sit on the eve of May Day 2012, and there is an eerie calm-before-the-storm kind of feeling. The mainstream media is still doing its best to pretend that nothing out of the ordinary is going on. The only May-Day related event reported in the NY Times today was that a lawsuit was [...]
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Which Side Are You On?
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on April 30, 2012
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/which-side-are-you-on/
The Kids Are Not All Right
Corporate Interests Threaten Children’s Welfare – NYTimes.com. I agree with much of what this author says about the damaging effect of corporate media and social media on not only the kids themselves, but on family dynamics. He makes a kind of modified plea for “family values,” which he identifies with the 20th century’s focus on [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on August 22, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/the-kids-are-not-all-right/
Kids and Media…at wits’ end
So what’s wrong with this picture? Here we are, perched on rocky cliffs above the ocean, it’s a beautiful sunny day, full of possibilities…and all four kids, ages 7 – 19, are sitting on the couches, each plugged in to their own little screen. DSI (what does that stand for?) i-pad, i-touch and laptop….each fixated [...]
Posted by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez on August 16, 2011
http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/kids-and-media-at-wits-end/
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