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 'Interview'
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
NGT Influencer Interviews: Czech Republic
February 26th, 2008 by NGT
In this week’s Influencer Interviews, courtesy of Monika Vesela of FH-Prague, five young Czechs tell us what’s hitting their radars. While this group is less into social networks and TV than others, they are big on fun, fashion, healthy living, and, in some cases, themselves.
Name: Barbora Bobkova
Age: 28
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation: Account Manager at [...]
Tags: Influencer Interviews · Youth Trends
NGT Influencer Interviews: Singapore
February 18th, 2008 by NGT
Trendy Singaporeans list their favorite things and clue us in on what’s hot in Southeast Asia. Our group reads print mags and blogs, plays mahjong, goes green, dresses to impress, and travels everywhere (but you can be sure to find them all on Facebook.)
Name: Johahn Bhurrut
Age: 29
Location: [...]
Tags: Influencer Interviews
NGT Influencer Interviews: Hong Kong
January 17th, 2008 by NGT
In our ongoing Influencer Interviews series, we explore youth trends across the globe with our “Favorite” questionnaire. Today our responses come from Hong Kong, thanks to NGT correspondent Louisa Wong. Making the cut: Taiwanese TV dramas, pop artist Eason Chan, and fast fashion shops Zara and i.t..
Name: Sunday Sin
Age: 19
Location: Hong Kong
Occupation: Student
Place to [...]
Tags: Influencer Interviews · Youth Trends
NGT Influencer Interviews: Portland, OR
January 14th, 2008 by NGT
In this week’s Influencer Series, brought to us by Hartley Riedner from FH Portland, teens and twenty-somethings living in Oregon tell us what’s hot in the Pacific Northwest. Facebook dominates, but they still manage to get out for some rock climbing, bar-hopping, and bouldering (yes, bouldering).
Name: Karyn
Age: 19
Location: Portland
Occupation: Student at University of Oregon
Place [...]
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