Comments on: Children’s online virtual worlds create dull mini-capitalists http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2008/05/07/childrens-online-virtual-worlds-create-dull-mini-capitalists/ Blog of Parents for Ethical Marketing Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:28:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Shaping Youth http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2008/05/07/childrens-online-virtual-worlds-create-dull-mini-capitalists/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 Shaping Youth Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:54:57 +0000 http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2008/05/07/childrens-online-virtual-worlds-create-dull-mini-capitalists/#comment-1464 Lisa, we should chat about some of the POSITIVES of NON-commercial based virtual worlds, which I'm looking into for some beta-testing soon...I totally agree with you that we need to watch the 'corporate ad creep' particularly with the young/tween and younger worlds, but the subscriber model has some very cool potential, and I've just (finally) gotten around to interviewing a few of the 'good guys' in this realm...e.g. Elf Island, etc. upcoming soon, so want to fill you in...(after my 10-15 deadline, where I'm pitching some VW beta-testing of 'virtual nutrition' cues) More soon, sorry I've been out of touch/awol. Lots happenin'...ttys, A. Lisa, we should chat about some of the POSITIVES of NON-commercial based virtual worlds, which I’m looking into for some beta-testing soon…I totally agree with you that we need to watch the ‘corporate ad creep’ particularly with the young/tween and younger worlds, but the subscriber model has some very cool potential, and I’ve just (finally) gotten around to interviewing a few of the ‘good guys’ in this realm…e.g. Elf Island, etc. upcoming soon, so want to fill you in…(after my 10-15 deadline, where I’m pitching some VW beta-testing of ‘virtual nutrition’ cues) More soon, sorry I’ve been out of touch/awol. Lots happenin’…ttys, A.

]]> By: For kids, again « Learning Games http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2008/05/07/childrens-online-virtual-worlds-create-dull-mini-capitalists/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 For kids, again « Learning Games Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:12:09 +0000 http://www.parentsforethicalmarketing.org/blog/2008/05/07/childrens-online-virtual-worlds-create-dull-mini-capitalists/#comment-1326 [...] — Daniel Livingstone Via discussion on RezEd, via The Parents For Ethical Marketing blog (Children’s online virtual worlds create dull mini-capitalists), a link to a new report on virtual worlds for children, and their (ab)use by corporate [...] [...] — Daniel Livingstone Via discussion on RezEd, via The Parents For Ethical Marketing blog (Children’s online virtual worlds create dull mini-capitalists), a link to a new report on virtual worlds for children, and their (ab)use by corporate [...]

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