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...more on sex education in schools, tune in to MTV on Oct. 3 at 10 p.m. E.T. for "Protect Yourself: Sex in the Classroom," part of the network's FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS: PROTECT YOURSELF campaign, a yearlong initiative dedicated to in-forming the audience on issues of sexual health...
Watching the news is clearly out of the question. So is mtv, which also airs footage of the tumbling World Trade Center. Even the kid-friendly Animal Planet ran a feature on rescue dogs that sifted through debris at ground zero. "Emeril is my favorite because he's so funny and distracting," says Hilary. "I don't care so much about what he actually cooks, just that he never says anything about Sept...
...berries in a jamun tree, and from a distance comes the scratchy voice of a muezzin revving up his loudspeaker for the afternoon prayer call. Sana and her family live in a wealthy suburb of Lahore, Pakistan, where her satellite television pulls in the standard Pakistani and American fare: MTV, Friends, syrupy Pakistani romances, a few minutes of Oprah until something better comes along. But a year ago, the images stopped being such a laugh...
...malt beverages lure underage drinkers to the hard stuff, as critics say? "The ads feature heavy party scenes with lots of quick, MTV-inspired movements and things that adults wouldn't do," says George Hacker of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer-advocacy group. "Themes of rebellion and getting around authority subtly suggest underage drinking." But in June the Federal Trade Commission found no evidence that these ads target minors. And spirit makers insist that they advertise responsibly on shows watched mostly by adults...
...competition for a kid's leisure time, the low-tech radio may seem like a weak contender. It may not have the same hold over today's youngsters that IM, MTV, Game Boys and videos do. And it certainly doesn't dominate their lives the way it did their parents' in the old Top 40 days. But according to a 2000 study conducted by the marketing-research firm Arbitron, 90% of kids ages 6 to 11 listen to at least eight hours of radio each week, with that number increasing as they get older. Eager to keep them tuning...