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		<title>Working for a Living (part two)</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=176</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the second part of a two-part blog. The first part looked at some of the more...]]></description>
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		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 18:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Working for a living </title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=175</link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most unusual things about Internet-based businesses is that few of them try very hard to...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:59:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Can you spot the difference?</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=173</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Three well-known companies &amp;ndash; Xerox, Starbucks, and the Gap &amp;ndash; have recently made...]]></description>
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		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:27:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>The Gimme Season</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=170</link>
		<description><![CDATA[For parents, this time of year can feel like walking through a minefield, with ads, decorations and...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:48:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>What is public space online?</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=159</link>
		<description><![CDATA[New York's Gramercy Park is a curious institution: two acres of fenced-in greenspace that is...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Little Princesses</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=149</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's a question that most parents of young daughters face: &amp;quot;Has she hit the 'princess...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:17:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Press Play</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, September 26, 2009, the US network Nickelodeon did something unusual: it switched...]]></description>
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		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Toy Story</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=138</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year in this space we wrote about how summer movies serve as advertisements for various kinds...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:24:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Clockwise</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=134</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It&amp;rsquo;s a persistent phenomenon: the faster we move into the future, the more we find it...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>It&apos;s Not Easy Buying Green</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=132</link>
		<description><![CDATA[There&amp;rsquo;s an old urban legend called &amp;ldquo;the water engine,&amp;rdquo; which tells of...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Naughty or Nice: Video Games for Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=120</link>
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With Christmas approaching, video games are the one media industry that seems recession-proof,...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:56:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>New online resources for teachers</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=119</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Web is full of great online resources for teachers and students, with new material appearing...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Hooked on classics</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=107</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent issue of Entertainment Weekly was devoted to a list of so-called &amp;ldquo;new...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>The Most Toys</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=104</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer is officially upon us, and with it comes the usual lineup of blockbuster movies. Along with...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Do It Yourself</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=97</link>
		<description><![CDATA[

Image &amp;copy; Science Museum/Science and Society Picture Library




 
Note: this is...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:47:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Secret History of the Credit Card</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=94</link>
		<description><![CDATA[
On March 17th (in most markets) PBS&amp;rsquo;s Frontline will feature The Secret History of the...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>mjohnson@media-awareness.ca (Matthew Johnson)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Have yourself a merry non-consumer holiday</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=31</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It&amp;rsquo;s almost impossible to avoid the marketing onslaught that accompanies this time of...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>cwing@media-awareness.ca (Cathy Wing)</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:23:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Sorting through the advertising hype: finding toys that stand the test of time </title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=30</link>
		<description><![CDATA[With the holidays around the corner, many parents are feeling the heat to have the hottest new toys...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>cwing@media-awareness.ca (Cathy Wing)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:16:00 EST</pubDate>
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		<title>Buy Nothing Day</title>
		<link>http://www.media-awareness.ca/blog/index.cfm?CommentID=22</link>
		<description><![CDATA[November 24th is the busiest day in the American retail calendar and the unofficial start of the...]]></description>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<author>cwing@media-awareness.ca (Cathy Wing)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:24:00 EST</pubDate>
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