Sep 19
2007
Kid Nation, Child Welfare Temporarily Aside, Might Make Decent Programming for (Older) Kids
| gender, media literacy, reality tv, socialization, stereotypes, strategies, suggestions, television | 2 Comments
I just watched the premiere of CBS’s much-maligned reality show Kid Nation (Where 40 kids are left for 40 days in a “ghost town” with minimal adult interference to organize their own society). For backstory on the hullabaloo, see yesterday’s Washington Post story or today’s brutal Baltimore Sun column. I turned it on, expecting to be outraged (awful conditions, unchecked anti-social behavior, exploitation Read the complete Post.