Avatar and virtual worlds have been popping up in books for a while now. Snow Crash introduced the virtual villain in 1992 and the killer in 2005’s Cast of Shadows is tracked down in a virtual world.
Now Virtual Worlds are getting so mainstream, they’ve made it onto broadcast TV. On next week’s “Law & Order: […]
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When Avatars Go Bad!
September 26th, 2007 by NGT
Tags: Books · Movies · TV & Web Video · Virtual Worlds & Avatars
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Movies Become Social Events
August 23rd, 2007 by Jeremy
Around the dawn of the motion picture age, movies were a grand social spectacle. In the 1920’s many theater owners built lavishly decorated “movie palaces” replete with grand entrances and luxurious seating to attract customers. Watching the film was a unique experience too. Theaters frequently hired musicians or even whole orchestras to score the right […]
Tags: Entertainment · Movies · Teens · Twenty-Somethings · Youth Trends
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Next Great Thing: Zac Efron
July 27th, 2007 by Marc
When the remake of the campy movie musical Hairspray opened last weekend, our interns Micaela, Ashley and Carrie were sure to be there. They went to see one person, really: Zac Efron. The girls even scored an autograph (right).
Zac is the biggest star you’ve never heard of. Though teens have; he’s already in the top […]
Tags: Entertainment · Movies · Music · Teens · Tweens · Youth Trends
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Kanye West Recreates Anime Classic
July 25th, 2007 by Allison
When Nas dropped his album Hip Hop is Dead, and speculation swirled that it actually was, our Jason Newport came back with an argument for its enduring success:
…Hip-Hop is dynamic. It is often reduced to being widely known simply as a music genre, but it is not synonymous with rap music. It is a lifestyle […]
Tags: Asia · Entertainment · Movies · Music · Sphere of Influence · Virtual Worlds & Avatars · Youth Trends
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Harry Potter Movie Premiere
July 11th, 2007 by Allison
It’s no secret that the Harry Potter franchise is popular among youth. REALLY popular. The six books published to date (almost seven!) have together sold more than 325 million copies and have been translated into more than 63 languages. Like the Simpsons, its cleverness has attracted fans from all generations and has entrenched it in […]
Tags: Entertainment · Movies · Youth Trends
