I assigned the NYTimes article to my students for reading. The move of marketing into intimate social relationships and what that means for what people think life is about what they value is disturbing to me. My family shops at second-hand stores and we have gotten the "Blackspot sneakers" from adbusters.org. If its marketed, it makes us suspicious. We don't watch commercial television. Are the hours of viewing TV likely to make one embrace the idea of selling as a social pasttime? Let's talk. What do you think? Poynter Online - Convergence Chaser