These days, reality TV’s ridiculousness is rivaled only by its ubiquity. And the role of the youth audience has evolved from tangential spectator (The Bachelor) to active participant (My Super Sweet 16). But Range Rovers and rapper cameos are hardly “reality” for most young people. In fact, it would seem the very antidote to this […]
Entries Tagged as 'Culture & Entertainment'
Twitterview: @jillokawa on Virgin Mobile’s Homeless Youth TV
November 18th, 2008 by Laura W
Tags: Campaigns · Culture & Entertainment · Interview · TV & Video · Teens · Twitterview · Youth Trends
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Top Mobile Trend: Mobile Giving
November 17th, 2008 by Allison
Gen Y is often called “socially-conscious,” but they’ve also been tagged with “impatient,” “distractible,” and—like most youth—a bit “poor”. After throwing virtual change at Obama for a year, though, young philanthropists seem to be in the swing of giving. The Democrats just made it so easy; they didn’t even have to leave Facebook! They also […]
Tags: Companies & Start-ups · Politics · SMS · Top Mobile Trends
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Polaroid: The Remix
November 12th, 2008 by Laura W
Iconic Polaroid photography is finding eternal life through creativity, community and digital technology.
You can judge a life by its afterlife—how it is remembered by others. The life of a product is no different. Polaroid is one of these memorable ones; years after it was innovative, their instant film lived on as an art form. Now […]
Tags: Art · Culture & Entertainment · World Wide Web · Youth Trends
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Personal Picks: Holographic Pundits, Feathery Fashion, Election Emotions and More Stuff We Liked
November 6th, 2008 by NGT
Every Thursday, we each tell you one thing that hit our radar (and stuck there like chewed gum) over the past week…
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CNN’s Holograms
Was anyone else freaked out by the integration of live holograms into CNN’s election coverage on Tuesday? It was like Star Wars revisited. Will we be seeing more of this reporting […]
Tags: Culture & Entertainment · Emerging Technology · Personal Picks · Youth Trends
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Twitter Vote Report Tracks Wait Times, Anxiety
November 4th, 2008 by Allison
You can’t watch politics alone. It’s a participatory sport, and opinions are what count. So as the polls begin to close and the 2008 Presidential race draws to a climactic end, we’ll be watching CNN for the pundits and Twitter for the peanut gallery. This two-screen approach has added lively annotation to speeches and debates […]
Tags: Apps & Widgets · Politics · Stats, Studies & Surveys
