by Katy Bachman | AdWeek
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Six child-targeted websites asking young visitors to "tell a friend" or "refer a friend" may be violating children's online privacy laws. BMSG has joined The Center for Digital Democracy and 15 other children's health, privacy and consumer advocacy organizations in urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate these practices.by Staff | QSRweb.com
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
A coalition of children's, health, privacy and consumer advocacy organizations, led by the Center for Digital Democracy and including Berkeley Media Studies Group, has filed five separate complaints this week with the Federal Trade Commission, calling for an investigation into possible violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by major marketers.by Chris Marlowe | DigitalMediaWire
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Viacom's Nickelodeon and Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network are among five groups named in formal complaints to the Federal Trade Commission accusing them of using digital marketing techniques that violate the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Berkeley Media Studies Group joined the Center for Digital Democracy and 15 other organizations in filing the complaints.by Staff | NYR Natural News
Monday, July 09, 2012
In light of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to limit the size of sugary beverages and growing concern about the health effects of soda, the beverage industry is scrambling to improve its public image. Part of its strategy involves using corporate social responsibility campaigns to deflect scrutiny. BMSG's Andrew Cheyne explains that these campaigns echo those of the tobacco industry.by Alice G. Walton | The Atlantic
Monday, July 02, 2012
Soda companies' "corporate social responsibility" campaigns subtly shift responsibility for healthfulness onto the consumer and away from companies' fattening products, according to a new study from the Berkeley Media Studies Group and the Public Health Advocacy Institute.
by Elizabeth Wilner | Advertising Age
Friday, June 29, 2012
Using tactics similar to those of Big Tobacco, other industries are trying to hide the dangers of their products, and public health advocates say they need to be similarly outed and regulated. A paper by the Berkeley Media Studies Group and the Public Health Advocacy Institute points out that soda companies have fine-tuned Big Tobacco's strategies and began using corporate social responsibility campaigns far sooner to try and head off regulation.by Staff | Food Product Design
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Last week PLoS Medicine magazine launched a three-part series on "Big Food" that examines the activities and influence of the food and beverage industry on public health. The series includes a study from BMSG and the Public Health Advocacy Institute that compares the corporate social responsibility campaigns of the soda industry and Big Tobacco.by Nathan Gray | Foodnavigator.com
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
A new study from BMSG and the Public Health Advocacy Institute explores the expensive and elaborate CSR campaigns that the soda industry is using to forestall government regulation and shift the blame for its products' health harms onto consumers. The tactics echo those employed by big tobacco firms.by Susan Perry | MinnPost
Monday, June 25, 2012
Borrowing tactics from the tobacco industry, major soda companies are using corporate social responsibility campaigns to improve their public image and forestall government regulation and taxes on sugary drinks, according to a paper by BMSG and PHAI published last week in the journal PLoS Medicine.CauseBecause
Monday, June 25, 2012
A new study from BMSG and the Public Health Advocacy Institute compares the corporate social responsibility campaigns of the soda and tobacco industries. The authors say that both industries have used CSR to normalize their products and corporate image.
