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Corporate and Industry Influences on Children's Development
Commercial Alert September 7, 1999
This is the announcement for a conference on "Corporate and Industry
Influences on Children's Development," which will be held at Howard
University on September 16-17.
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT: Corporate and Industry Influences on Children's Development:
Study Group and Scholars Invitational Forum
WHERE: Howard University School of Continuing Education
1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 600 Silver Spring, Maryland
One block east of Silver Spring Metro station (Red Line)
WHEN: Thursday, September 16, 1999: 4:00-7:00 PM
Friday, September 17, 1999: 8:30 AM-4:00 PM
CONTACT: Velma LaPoint, Howard University (202) 806-8581
Priscilla Hambrick-Dixon, Hunter College (212) 772-4627
Alex Molnar, University of Wisconsin-Madison (414) 229-4592
Suzanne Randolph, University of Maryland (301) 405-4012
Faith Samples, Columbia University (212) 305-7748
Gary Evans, Cornell University (607) 255-4775
Jean Bailey. Howard University (202) 806-8605
Gary Ruskin, Commercial Alert (202) 296-2787
Scholars, educators, elected officials, psychologists and the public
are increasingly concerned about the impact of corporations upon
American children. Academic research has documented how corporate
influences are associated with many adverse child psychological,
physiological, behavioral, social and health outcomes.
The conference will discuss how corporate influences pervade children's
lives -- their homes, neighborhoods, communities, schools and
entertainment -- and how these influences may affect children.
Particular emphasis will focus on children placed at risk, including
children of color, impoverished or alienated children, and children of
economic privilege, who may be especially vulnerable to commercial
messages, advertising and marketing. Topics will include:
* The impact of junk food and fast food on child health and nutritional
status
* The effects of the media (television, hip-hop and heavy metal music,
celebrities)
* Fashion (dress-related problem behavior such as competition, theft and
violence)
* Illicit use of alcohol, tobacco or guns, and youth risk behaviors
* Commercialization of schools
* Exposure to environmental, industrial and noise pollution
* Challenging corporate influences on child development
Most speakers are scholars from the fields of education, public health,
psychology, nutrition, sociology, environmental health and other
academic fields. Representatives from organizations working to protect
children and their families will also give presentations.
Funds and support for the conference were generously provided by the
Howard University Fund for Academic Excellence, and Hunter College of
the City University of New York
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Study Group and Invitational Scholars' Forum: Corporate and Industry
Influences on Children's Development
Confirmed Study Group Participants*
PLENARY SESSIONS I-IV
I. Plenary I: Orienting Interdisciplinary Issues
Child Consumer Issues, Dr. Shirley Steinberg, Professor of Education,
Adelphi University and Dr. Joe Kincheloe, Pennsylvania State University
Social, Economic, Political and Diversity Issues, Dr. Ronald L. Taylor,
Professor of Sociology and Director of African American Studies,
University of Connecticut
The Culture of Violence, Dr. Jeffrey Fagan, Director, Center for
Violence Research and Prevention, School of Public Health, Columbia
University and Dr. Faith Samples, Senior Research Associate, Center for
Violence Research and Prevention, School of Public Health, Columbia
University
The Culture Drug Use and Abuse, Dr. Ura Jean Oyemade Bailey, Director,
Center for Drug Abuse Research, Howard University
Physical Environmental Issues, Dr. James Johnson, Dean and Professor of
Engineering, College of Engineering, Computer Sciences, and
Architecture, Howard University
Summary: TBA
II. Plenary II: Orienting Issues Interdisciplinary Issues
Commercialism, Mr. Gary Ruskin, Director, Commercial Alert, Washington,
DC
International Issues, TBA
The Role of Schools and Education, Dr. Alex Molnar, School of Education,
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
The Role of Faith Communities, Dr. Kim Leathers, School of Divinity,
Howard University
The Role of Corporations and Corporate Responsibility, TBA
Summary: TBA
III. Plenary III: Individual, Family, and Community Based Intervention
Strategies and Corporate/Industry Social Responsibility
Child Development and Family Issues, Dr. Margaret Beale Spencer, Board
of Overseers Professor, Graduate School of Education, and Director,
Center for Health, Achievement, Neighborhood, Growth and Ethnic Studies
(CHANGES), University of Pennsylvania
Pro-active Family Strategies and the Challenge of Corporate and Industry
Influences on Children's Development, Dr. Suzanne Randolph, Associate
Professor, Department of Family and Community Studies, University of
Maryland, College Park, MD
Parent and Family Approaches to Mediate Corporate and Industry
Influences on Children's Development, TBA, Center for a New American
Dream, Takoma Park, MD
Summary: Dr. Cheryl Boyce, Chief, Social and Cultural Factors Program,
Developmental Psychopathology and Prevention Research Branch, Division
of Mental Disorders, Behavioral Research and AIDS, National Institute of
Mental Health, Bethesda, MD
IV. Plenary IV: Individual, Family, and Community-based Intervention
Strategies and Corporate/Industry Social Responsibility
TBA, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Programs to Prevent and Reduce Youth Smoking, Mr. Charles Jackson,
Director, Collaborative Programs for the American Cancer Society and
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Washington, DC
The Prevention and Reduction of Gun Violence among Youth, Dr. Alicia
Horton, Director of Education, Handgun Control, Washington, DC
Violence Prevention Programs and Youth Development, Dr. Hope Hill,
Professor of Psychology, Howard University
Summary: TBA
CONCURRENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA I
Food Industries
Fast Food and Nutritional Issues and Youth Development, Dr. Allan A.
Johnson, Chair and Professor of Nutrition, Department of Nutritional
Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health, Howard
University
The Role of the Media in Nutritional Issues and Youth Development, Dr.
Rovenia Brock, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Department of
Nutritional Sciences, University of the District of Columbia,
Washington, DC and Co-host, Heart and Soul TV, Black Educational
Television (BET), and a former broadcast nutrition consultant, NBC 4 TV,
Washington, DC
Child Nutritional Issues, Dr. Maureen Storey, Associate Director,
Georgetown Center for Food and Nutrition Policy, Washington, DC
Strategies to Mediate Influence Relating to Children's Food and
Nutritional Status, TBA, Food Research Action Council, Washington,
DC
Summary: TBA
Physical Environment and Children's Development
Environmental Pollutants and Children's Development, Dr. Gary W. Evans,
Professor of Design and Environmental Studies, Cornell University
Noise Pollutants and Children's Development, Dr. Priscilla
Hambrick-Dixon, Professor of Educational Foundations and Counseling
Programs, School of Education, Hunter College, City University of New
York
Environmental Pollutants and Children's Development, Dr. Cynthia
Bearer, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Department of
Pediatrics, Rainbows Babies and Children's Hospital, University
Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Summary: Dr. Bailus Walker, Professor, Environmental and Occupational
Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine
VII. Illicit Use of Products and Child Health Risk Behaviors
Underage Drinking, Dr. Frederick Harper, Professor of Counseling, School
of Education, Howard University
Latino Youth and Alcohol Use, TBA, Latino Council on Alcohol and
Tobacco, Washington, DC
Guns and Children, Dr. Shannon Frattaroli, Research Associate, Center
for Gun Policy and Research, School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD
TBA
Summary: TBA
CONCURRENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA II
Media Industries I: Music and Images, Language, and Behavior
Heavy Metal Music and Youth Development, Dr. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett,
Professor of Developmental Psychology, University of Maryland-College
Park
Hip-Hop Music and Youth Development, Dr. Patricia Thandi Harper Hicks,
President/Director of Research, Thandi's Place Educational Entertainment
Fund, Temple Hills, MD
Media Images and Youth Development, Dr. Hakim M. Rashid, Professor of
Human Development, School of Education, Howard University
Language Issues among Youth as Related to Corporate and Industry
Influences, Dr. Richard Wight, Professor of Communication, School of
Communication, Howard University
Summary: Dr. Carolyn Stromman, School of Communications, Howard
University
Media Industries II: Televison, Videos and Internet
Media Influences and Youth Development, Dr. Sherryl Browne Graves,
Professor of Education and Chair, Department of Educational and
Counseling Programs, School of Education, Hunter College
TBA
Summary: TBA
Fashion Industries and Personhood
The Fashion Industry and Youth Consumerism, Dr. Lillian O. Holloman,
Professor of Sociology, Prince George's Community College
Research on Youth Dress and Behavior, Dr. Velma LaPoint, Professor of
Human Development, School of Education, Howard University
Research on Media Reports of Dress Related Problem Behavior among Youth,
Dr. Sylvan I. Alleyne, Professor of Human Development, School of
Education, Howard University
Summary: TBA
INTEGRATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SUMMARY SESSION
OF CONCURRENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA
Summary of Presentations by Individuals in Concurrent Research Symposia
All persons have confirmed their participation in the Study Group and
Forum. TBA participants are in the process of being invited and/or
their confirming participation. Participant topics are general and will
be changed to reflect specific topics for presentations when confirmed
by participants for final program.
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Preliminary Program Schedule at-a-Glance
Thursday, September 16, 1999
4:00-4:30 p.m. OPENING SESSION
4:30-5:30 p.m. PLENARY I ORIENTING INTERDISCIPLINARY ISSUES
5:30-5:40 p.m. BREAK
5:40-6:40 p.m. PLENARY II ORIENTING INTERDISCIPLINARY ISSUES
6:40-7:30 p.m. RECEPTION
Friday, September 17, 1999
8:30-9:00 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00-9:40 a.m. PLENARY III INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY-BASED
INTERVENTIONS AND CORPORATE/INDUSTRY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
9:40-10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:00-10:40 a.m. PLENARY IV INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY-BASED
INTERVENTIONS AND CORPORATE/INDUSTRY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
10:40-10:50 a.m. BREAK
10:50-11:50 a.m. CONCURRENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA I
* Food Industries and Children's Development
* Physical Environment and Children's Development
* Illicit Use of Products and Child Health Risk Behaviors
11:50-12:30 p.m. LUNCH
12:30-1:30 p.m. CONCURRENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA II
* Media Industries: Music, Popular Culture and Youth Images, Language
and Behavior
* Media Industries: Televison, Videos and Children's Development
* Fashion Industry and Personhood
1:30-1:40 p.m. BREAK
1:40-2:40 p.m.INTEGRATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SUMMARY SESSION OF
CONCURRENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA
2:40-2:50 p.m. BREAK
2:50-3:50 p.m. CLOSING SESSION: FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND EVENT EVALUATION
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