Comments on: Disney and McDonalds http://www.jasonjay.com/blog/?p=14 Editor's note: This blog is an online archive of my writing from 2001-2005. It includes a series of travel reflections originally sent as emails to friends and family during my 2001 world travels. It also includes blog entries from my year as a student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, from my summer playing music in Montreal, and from my two years as a consultant for Dialogos. Some of my views have changed and some of my plans have not come to pass. But I am keeping this material online for future reference and others' link integrity. For the most current material, click "Home" to visit jasonjay.com. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:00:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joe Jones http://www.jasonjay.com/blog/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-109 Joe Jones Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:12:48 +0000 http://w2.false-profit.com/jason/domains/jasonjay.com/blog/2002/11/22/disney-and-mcdonalds/#comment-109 Disney or McDonald's ? Disney or McDonald’s ?

]]> By: beck http://www.jasonjay.com/blog/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-108 beck Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:57:29 +0000 http://w2.false-profit.com/jason/domains/jasonjay.com/blog/2002/11/22/disney-and-mcdonalds/#comment-108 good comments but fast food nation is by eric schlosser, not michael moore(think stupid white men and dude where's my country). good comments but fast food nation is by eric schlosser, not michael moore(think stupid white men and dude where’s my country).

]]> By: Jason Jay http://www.jasonjay.com/blog/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-107 Jason Jay Fri, 17 Oct 2003 20:41:28 +0000 http://w2.false-profit.com/jason/domains/jasonjay.com/blog/2002/11/22/disney-and-mcdonalds/#comment-107 Here's the paper I ended up writing after this blog entry: <a href="http://www.jasonjay.com/papers/mcdisney.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.jasonjay.com/papers/mcdisney.htm</a> Here’s the paper I ended up writing after this blog entry:

http://www.jasonjay.com/papers/mcdisney.htm

]]> By: kat may http://www.jasonjay.com/blog/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-106 kat may Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:16:49 +0000 http://w2.false-profit.com/jason/domains/jasonjay.com/blog/2002/11/22/disney-and-mcdonalds/#comment-106 hey! a few weeks ago i went to Mcdonalds on 34 street in New York and when i walked in i saw huge progectors everywhere that showed disney movies...also, when you sit down to eat your face is in a screen that is showing mcdonalds and disney oriented programs. i was shocked everywhere your eye looked there was a screen (almost like "big brother" telling you "eat me, watch disney movies, and get out, spread the word" it was horrible. now, im doing a paper on that event i was wondering if anyone can help me get information on MCDISNEY and how they joined "forces" and what their arrangment is. thanks,kat my email is X20kat00@aol.com hey! a few weeks ago i went to Mcdonalds on 34 street in New York and when i walked in i saw huge progectors everywhere that showed disney movies…also, when you sit down to eat your face is in a screen that is showing mcdonalds and disney oriented programs. i was shocked everywhere your eye looked there was a screen (almost like “big brother” telling you “eat me, watch disney movies, and get out, spread the word” it was horrible. now, im doing a paper on that event i was wondering if anyone can help me get information on MCDISNEY and how they joined “forces” and what their arrangment is. thanks,kat my email is X20kat00@aol.com

]]> By: shayna http://www.jasonjay.com/blog/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-105 shayna Wed, 15 Oct 2003 13:46:14 +0000 http://w2.false-profit.com/jason/domains/jasonjay.com/blog/2002/11/22/disney-and-mcdonalds/#comment-105 hey i think it is really cool what you are doing! and if you havent already read fastfood nation by michael moore, i strongly recommend it. im currently doing an art project on the same issue, keep me updatesd on how it goes at international_avocado@hotmail.com and good luck, shay x hey i think it is really cool what you are doing! and if you havent already read fastfood nation by michael moore, i strongly recommend it. im currently doing an art project on the same issue, keep me updatesd on how it goes at international_avocado@hotmail.com and good luck, shay x

]]> By: Erica Brann http://www.jasonjay.com/blog/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-104 Erica Brann Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:35:18 +0000 http://w2.false-profit.com/jason/domains/jasonjay.com/blog/2002/11/22/disney-and-mcdonalds/#comment-104 Given that Anne Sweeney is claiming to be unaware of the contadictions between the two major corporations and the message it lends to our children is of concern. My hypothesis is that even if the genral public were aware of this contradiction changing their behavior would be a different story. Fast foods popularity has teamed with a media saturated culture and has successfully entrenched millions of people in their web. Using the media to pull people out of this web may be the best means to address the masses. The other issue is the socioeconomic status the consumer, the target of the two corporations. The inablity of many families to offer an alternaitve to the corporate media trap is real. Even if the less educated, working class, and working poor had an ethical dilemma with the connection what alternaitves do they have when a you can feed the family for under 20 bucks? Social change and empowerment of the under class also needs to be addressed (given the current political climate that is unlikely). On the other hand as a parent of a child who has watched Playhouse Disney I do make choices about what she eats and watches, but I also challange her about what she is eating and watching. She now knows that Happy Meals are bad for you, bad for the environment, and come with a toy that some 12 year old in Tawain made during a 16 hour work shift. I would start with educating the "Whole Child Cirriculum" with data(if there is any that is compelling)on the negative effects of the media's influence on conumerism,particularly of products that ultimately lead to the decay of our children and our earth.As an aside I read the other day that California has as many people incarcerated than both Fance adn Germany. As a country that uses incarceration to deal with petty crimes (California has the 3 strikes your out law)as an intervention is disturbing. Prevention on may levels is less costly and time consuming, and education is the best place to start. Given that Anne Sweeney is claiming to be unaware of the contadictions between the two major corporations and the message it lends to our children is of concern. My hypothesis is that even if the genral public were aware of this contradiction changing their behavior would be a different story. Fast foods popularity has teamed with a media saturated culture and has successfully entrenched millions of people in their web. Using the media to pull people out of this web may be the best means to address the masses. The other issue is the socioeconomic status the consumer, the target of the two corporations. The inablity of many families to offer an alternaitve to the corporate media trap is real. Even if the less educated, working class, and working poor had an ethical dilemma with the connection what alternaitves do they have when a you can feed the family for under 20 bucks? Social change and empowerment of the under class also needs to be addressed (given the current political climate that is unlikely). On the other hand as a parent of a child who has watched Playhouse Disney I do make choices about what she eats and watches, but I also challange her about what she is eating and watching. She now knows that Happy Meals are bad for you, bad for the environment, and come with a toy that some 12 year old in Tawain made during a 16 hour work shift. I would start with educating the “Whole Child Cirriculum” with data(if there is any that is compelling)on the negative effects of the media’s influence on conumerism,particularly of products that ultimately lead to the decay of our children and our earth.As an aside I read the other day that California has as many people incarcerated than both Fance adn Germany. As a country that uses incarceration to deal with petty crimes (California has the 3 strikes your out law)as an intervention is disturbing. Prevention on may levels is less costly and time consuming, and education is the best place to start.

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