Click on this link to read a piece by Cecilia Kang (Washington Post, 10-14-11) that worries about advertisements that come with apps installed on phones and tablets for children. Should ads featuring "gun-toting zombie killers, lewd language or busty women prowling for 'hot guys'" be accessible to 4 year olds? Who is responsible for matching ad content to audience?
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Haiti doesn't need your old t-shirt
Click on this link to read a Foreign Policy article (November, 2011) that criticizes the tendency of developed nations to ship their undesired crap to 3rd world countries in the name of relief from poverty. Are we saving the world by shipping our unused yoga mats and boxes of Pop-Tarts to Haiti and other countries, or could we actually be disrupting their economies?
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