Our children, manipulated to become exemplary consumers, increasingly admit they do not feel 'in control' of their own Internet use.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The liberation children experience when they discover the Internet is quickly counteracted by the lure of e-commerce web sites, which are customized to each individual user's psychological profile in order to maximize their effectiveness.
No matter how much control kids get over the media they watch, they are still utterly powerless when it comes to the manufacturing of brands. Even a consumer revolt merely reinforces one's role as a consumer, not an autonomous or creative being.
The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them.
Children who use the Internet are much better informed than when I was young. Use this to your advantage.
Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.
You can't regulate what these kids are being exposed to on the Internet. It's so way out of control. All you can do is just try to talk to your own kids.
When politicians say, 'Oh, parents should supervise their kids' Internet use,' it drives me crazy.
When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom.
I've conducted an experiment on my kids. Instead of denying them access to media, I've encouraged it. They read comic books, play Nintendo and watch way too much TV.
Today, children are watching more and more television, and are bombarded over and over with images and content that have the potential to dramatically influence their behavior.
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