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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813044503321

Autore

Molnar Alex

Titolo

Sold out : how marketing in school threatens children's well-being and undermines their education / / Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4758-1360-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

378.15430973

Soggetti

Business and education - United States

Commercialism in schools - United States

Public schools - United States - Finance

Consumption (Economics) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Problem of Schoolhouse Commercialism; 2 Schoolhouse Commercializing Trends, 1990-2006; 3 Threats to Children's Psychological Well-Being; 4 Threats to Children's Physical Well-Being; 5 Threats to the Integrity of Children's Education; 6 Assessing the Intensity of the Threats Commercialism Poses to Children's Well-Being; 7 Digital Marketing and Threats to Children's Privacy; 8 Closing Thoughts; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>If you strip away the rosy language of "school-business partnership," "win-win situation," "giving back to the community," and the like, what you see when you look at corporate marketing activities in the schools is example after example of the exploitation of children for financial gain. </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>