Outside the Screen Podcast
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Episode 2: Influencers, The Princess Bride, and TikTok
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Episode 2: Influencers, The Princess Bride, and TikTok

An article with a very long title prompts some reminiscences on Kim's own childhood, and we all get to revisit an old favourite. Plus: what is the deal with TikTok and privacy?

Updates:

The organisation that used to be known as Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood is now called Fairplay for Kids. An update from them about their complaint against TikTok:

'There's not much to report re FTC reaction or action to our TikTok complaint.  But it is important to note that it was reported in the news last year that 45 state attorneys general are investigating TikTok for its practices targeting and endangering young people.  Here is an article from this Spring, about the AGs demanding docs related to that probe:

https://www.voanews.com/a/attorneys-general-in-45-us-states-demand-tiktok-hand-over-information/6992870.html

Show notes:

Singapore paper: Chen Lou and Hye Kyung Kim, ‘Fancying the New Rich and Famous? Explicating the Roles of Influencer Content, Credibility and Parent Mediation in Adolescents’ Parasocial Relationship, Materialism and Purchase Intentions’ November 2019, Volume 10 Frontiers in Psychology https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02567/full

The Princess Bride review: https://childrenandmedia.org.au/movie-reviews/movies/princess-bride-the

CCFC/Fairplay for Kids TikTok complaint: https://commercialfreechildhood.org/tiktok/

Substack: https://outsidethescreen.substack.com/podcast

Children and Media Australia: www.childrenandmedia.org.au

CGI Clinic: www.cgiclinic.com

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