News Archive
Overview of the Commercialization of Childhood
Tuesday 01. of November 2005By: CCFC - Susan Linn
Children stand at the center of an unprecedented maelstrom of marketing that undermines all aspects of their lives. The landscape of advertising and promoting to kids today is unlike the television commercials you and I...
The onslaught
Tuesday 25. of October 2005By: The Guardian
Half of all children aged four don't know their own name - but two thirds of three-year-olds can recognise the McDonald's golden arches. Jonathan Freedland investigates the multi-million-pound industry intent on turning teenagers...
New Star Wars Food Lures Children to the Fat Side, Revenge of the Sith Rife with Junk Food Promotions
Tuesday 17. of May 2005By: CCFC
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith promotes unhealthy eating, according to a review conducted by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC). Sixteen separate food promotions feature twenty-five different...
Marketing and advertising: harmful to children’s health
Saturday 28. of September 2002By: THE LANCET
One of the biggest contributors to the explosive increase in childhood obesity, including such complications as type 2 diabetes, is aggressive marketing and advertising by the food industry, according to a group called Stop...
Selling to–and selling out–children
Saturday 28. of September 2002By: THE LANCET
Last week a couple of strange bedfellows met under the same roof in New York City. Kidscreen’s fifth annual conference on Advertising and Promoting to Kids took place on one floor of the Yale Club, while on another floor a summit...
OH BABY, WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
Thursday 08. of August 2002By: The Scotsman - Kate Smith
This week, when my seven-year-old daughter chose a new CD, instantly doubling her collection, she chose Fever, by Kylie. The cover image shows the singer in those silver shorts and high heels in an overtly sexual posture....
We are coming for your children
Tuesday 31. of July 2007By: The Guardian
Commercials for junk food are being banned on children's television. For campaigners, this is just the first victory in a war against advertising to youngsters. But those whose job it is to sell sweets, toys and fizzy drinks will...
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