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Selling America’s Kids: Commercial Pressures on Kids of the 90’s


Selling America’s Kids: Commercial Pressures on Kids of the 90’s
The estimated to 30,000 TV ads beamed at kids each year represent the most obvious commercial pressure on children. But they are by no means the only advertising messages kids see, nor even the most troubling. This report looks at five other types of promotions heavily used in recent years–promotions that promise to continue growing in the 90’s.

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