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4/2/09: The Commercialized Child

Juliet Schor teaches sociology at Boston College
Juliet Schor teaches sociology at Boston College

By Doug Fabrizio

Salt Lake City, UT – The writer and cultural observer Juliet Schor joins Doug to talk about how the advertising industry is targeting children. Schor says ads aimed at kids are everywhere these days. One writer said the marketing effort is turning young people into oversexed, status-obsessed, attention deficient little consumers. Schor talks about the trend, and what it means to have commercialized children. (Rebroadcast)

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