Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. August 15, 2008. Misogynistic viral video was not created by Guinness; in fact they are making it clear that this is not how they do business.
Terrence McNally, AlterNet. December 13, 2007. Marketers are targeting kids at disturbingly young ages, compromising the nation's health, creativity and democracy.
John Halpin, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. November 15, 2007. These advertisements seek to explain the progressive movement's core values and policy ideas, its historical accomplishments, and its philosophical differences with conservatives.
Susan Feiner, Women's eNews. November 12, 2007. The biggest retail day of the year is this month, and it's time to resist the "buy" buttons that advertisers are trying to push and to join a consuming boycott.
Alicia Rebensdorf, AlterNet. June 19, 2007. As recent legislation shows, drug companies and their direct-to-consumer marketing campaigns need diligent monitoring -- especially when it looks like they need it the least.
Alicia Rebensdorf, AlterNet. May 19, 2007. In a world of Tivo and Youtube, the traditional commercial is passe. In its place we have product integration, which may feed a culture of consumption, compromise artistic freedom and erode consumer choice ... or not. You decide.
Momoko Price, The Ubyssey. March 17, 2007. Fake graffiti, bogus hype and other mutations are fooling lots of us into believing that marketed products are the hot new thing, when they're only the latest thing off the assembly line.