Hey Kidz! Buy This Book: A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic Activism for Short People by Anne Elizabeth Moore

Hey Kidz! Buy This Book: A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic Activism for Short People Reviews

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  Richard

  This book will give any teen or "tween" a solid grounding in current media systems and provide them with hands-on, easy-to-follow instructions to become radical card-carrying activists. (It will even teach them how to make those cards.) With an emphasis on community-building, teamwork, historical research, and self-expression, this book will even prove useful for improving those skills so sought after by educational testing and after-school programs everywhere. A perfect introduction to media studies, fast becoming an important addition to school curriculae everywhere.
  
  The first chapters of this book begin by leading readers to the understanding that advertising drives most of everything they experience in any given day, and that youth, in particular, are the most sought-after demographic target in existence. This is discussed as an empowering realization, allowing youth to understand that their potential as a market directly related to their potential to make change in a market-driven system, such as that under which we operate in the U.S. right now. The book continues by describing basic approaches to messaging while allowing youth to explore and develop their own content of those messages; provides easy-to-follow directions for performing basic activist functions, such as holding meetings, making salsa, designing flyers and posters, hooking up a PA, and working effectively with others.
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  Derek 🤾🏿

  Personally this is a good starters book into political activism using the lenses of media’s targeted advertising towards kids. It’s a simple read, and more relevant than ever as companies put the stakes of their profits over their responsibility to their customers.
  Using anecdotes from the gulf war, anti war campaign by activists in comparison to the tactics of the advertising campaign of Nestle, this read is eye opener for the reality of that kids are often only seen as a consumer, much less than human. As a consumer, subjugation to deceit is a norm as long as it is in photos...
  The list goes on to how advertising meets demographics, and demographics is politics, and each of us is capable of creative political activism.
  9/10 would recommend to children 18 and younger as a way to embrace their radical ideas to make their community more sustainable and equitable for their values, and we should listen to them, and empower them as the leaders of tomorrow.
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  Torie

  This book is a great resource for young teens, and I was reminded of a bunch of stuff that I think is critical to know but easy to take for granted when you're an older activist. There's a good resource list in the back and great advice from activists I admire. Most importantly, love, joy, and the belief that we all deserve a better world are promoted as the underlying motivations for the best activism, and I think those are especially useful tools for any young rabble-rouser to acquire. That and the notion that citizenship is a responsibility that too many people, especially adults, take for granted. One thing, though, this book is for NOT for kids with tiny attention spans that aren't into reading.
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  Veronica

  Every kid should have to read this book. This book might be too radical for most parents, but if you think of it as an inoculation for your child(ren) against the mega media machines they have to deal with on a daily basis, hopefully you will agree with me. That is unless you work for the mega media machine.
  
  I'll write a more detailed review later.
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  Sheila

  Inspiring book about how to get your independent voice heard - but it's more aimed at teens. Nonetheless, enjoyed reading it. Why wasn't this around when I was 13?