One way to create media-savy young adults out of children is to expose them to the lens as early as possible. That way you can monitor their relationships and collect data on their consumption patterns. Great for making a race of adults totally submissive to free market principles.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/boys-and-girls-alone
It's just the loss of innocence that William Golding warns of in Lord of the Flies. Seen as a nightmare scenario 50 years ago, now the ideal.
Maybe Mcdonalds can get in on this, prehaps a tie-in happy-meal with a hidden camera in the toy? Sorry, Mattel have already cornered the pre-teen webcam market;
If that makes you feel uneasy (as it does I) then read this;
http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781845298807/Consumer-Kids
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