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What media doesn’t want kids to learn…about their bodies
Media profits by perpetuating inaccurate and intangible body stereotypes. Photo from angelashetler.com. “Good guys are always skinny and bad guys are always fat.” That’s what a five-year-old told me...
View ArticleNYC Teens! Ready to fight back against media stereotypes?
The application process is open for the Intergenerational Media Literacy Program, run by The LAMP, OATS and the Museum of the Moving Image! This is your chance to pair up with older adults and take...
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Another Fair Use Victory for LAMPlatoon!
Still from Fiat 500 Abarth “Seduction” commercial The story: About a month ago we noticed that one of the videos on our LAMPlatoon YouTube channel–a remix of the popular Fiat 500 Abarth commercial...
View ArticleEllen DeGeneres takes on Bic for Her…and you can too!
We’re pretty sure–or at least we really hope–that you’ve already seen Ellen DeGeneres’s spoof ad on Bic’s funny-but-not-like-funny-ha-ha line of pens designed for women. But in case you haven’t:...
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Spotlight: Alston Green, Artist, Teacher and IML Program Participant
Alston Green is a participant in the Intergenerational Media Literacy Program, where seniors and teens are working together to hack and remix commercials with ageist stereotypes. The program is a...
View ArticleCheck out the latest from the Intergenerational Media Literacy Program!
Our first-ever program uniting teens and seniors to talk back to media wraps up this week, and everyone is busy putting the finishing touches on their projects before the final screening on December 14...
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What can Swedish parents teach us about gender, children and advertising?
From the Swedish Toys R Us catalogue Toys R Us Sweden recently released its ad in which children were featured in a variety of gender-mixed spaces, with boys playing with blow-dryers, kitchens, babies...
View ArticleWatch hacked ads from Super Bowl 2013!
Last night was Super Bowl 2013, and while the Superdome lost power, the ad-hacking experts at The LAMP did not. Which commercial earned our praise, and which did we think were just plain dumb? We got...
View ArticleNew LAMPlatoon Ageist Ad Breaks!
Since our Intergenerational Media Literacy program wrapped last December, we’ve been putting the finishing touches on a few of the broken ads made by senior and teen program participants to make sure...
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Racist media flaps: from Imus to Businessweek
Time magazine takes on the Imus language debate in 2007. It’s been almost six years to the day that Don Imus had the loose lips to call Rutger University’s (mostly Black) girls basketball team...
View ArticleDear NY Times: Why let Dove’s “real beauty” ads off the hook?
I was disappointed to read Tanzina Vega’s story in the New York Times about the recent commercial from Dove as part of their “real beauty” campaign. While it’s touching to read about the epiphany that...
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Big Media, Big Bullying, and What You Can Do About It
This piece was originally published here on May 14, 2013. Republished with permission. In the years since the issue of bullying has garnered national attention and increasing concern, most big media...
View ArticleHow you can help a great story get told by supporting 1 Way Up
Ever heard of an area called Peckham, just south-east of London? Perhaps like many other Americans, we hadn’t either, except in passing during media coverage of the 2011 summer of riots that took...
View ArticleAnother Media Breaker Creation Takes on Trucks, Men and Women with Nothing to...
Hot off the presses, we’ve got another broken video made with the Media Breaker, The LAMP’s online video editor for remixing copyrighted content! This one was made by a Media Breaker tester, but...
View ArticleReady to talk back to stereotypes in media? Then sign up for IML 2014!
Intergenerational Media Literacy (IML) is back starting mid-January, but we’ll be doing a few things differently from last year. Maybe the biggest change is that we’re not going to just look at age...
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One night only: Everyday Bronx photography exhibit!
Final Showcase for “Everyday Bronx” Educational Program from Bronx Documentary Center, Everyday Africa and The LAMP to be Held on May 22nd, 2014 (via PRWeb) Student Photography Exhibit Highlights Teen...
View ArticleWhen Breaking Is Making: The LAMP Recognizes National Day of Making!
For years, Maker Faires have been held in major cities all over the world. Today, for the first time ever, the White House is hosting its own Maker Faire with over 100 Makers from more than 25 states,...
View ArticleAlways Gets in the Feel-Good Marketing Game with “Like a Girl”
Not one to let Dove corner the market on PSA/commercial hybrids, Always is getting in on the game. The same company that makes an array of feminine hygiene products recently released a video...
View ArticleIn Sunday’s World Cup Final, Beware the Honey Shot!
You know how, during sports games, the camera occasionally cuts to fans in the stands? Ever notice how many of those fans happen to be gorgeous young women? It turns out there’s a name for that camera...
View ArticleMedia Breakers ask: Did Toys ‘R Us just say learning is boring?
A couple of weeks ago, high school students in this year’s summer program at the Seidenberg Creative Labs at Pace University playtested the latest version of the MediaBreaker. We’re proud to show here...
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