Dr. Rebecca Hains
Author, professor and speaker | Children's media culture, media literacy, and media criticism
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Co-opting the Christmas season: Christmas Creep and retailers’ countdown to consumer spending
The Countdown to Black Friday is a crassly commercial appropriation of seasonal traditions.
Read MoreTalking about toys: Taking child’s play seriously
On occasion, people ask me why I bother taking children’s toys so seriously. “They’re just toys, after all!” Yes, toys are just toys–but they’re so much more than that, too. Toys are a central part of children’s play, and to…
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Dr. Rebecca Hains 