22-Feb-03 4:00 PM CST

Author Discusses the Buying & Selling of Teenagers in Our Brand Society

Co-host Brad Forsythe interviews Alissa Quart, author of "Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers." A graduate of Brown University and the Columbia School of Journalism, Alissa Quart has written features for publications such as The New York Times, Lingua Franca, Elle, The Nation, Wired, The Boston Globe and Salon.com. Such assignments, coupled with her own interest in books on youth culture from the 1970s and '80s, inspired her to tackle the topic. She lives in New York City and “Branded:The Buying and Selling of Teenagers” is her first book.