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Ypulse Essentials: ‘Twilight’ Saga Spinoff?, Facebook Deals, Lilo On Leno

Posted by melanie | 04/26/11 | No Comments

Movie studios are in search (of the next “Twilight” or “Harry Potter” franchise, snapping up rights to sci-fi and fantasy YA novels, hoping to lure their fans from page to screen. Studios may not need to look far — Stephenie Meyer …

(1) New Message: Your Crush Officially ‘Likes’ You

Posted by melanie | 02/23/11 | 2 Comments

Teen romance is less “Romeo and Juliet” and more “Weird Science” these days — declarations of love come via computer instead of in person (and you can forget about moonlit balconies). It’s not all bad, though, says Youth Advisory Board …

Ypulse Research Roundup: What Matters To Millennial Women, New Ypulse Report & More

Posted by emma | 10/20/10 | No Comments

Today we bring you another installment of the latest youth research available for sale or download. Remember if your company has comprehensive research for sale that focuses on youth between the ages of 8 and 24, email us to be …

Will Millennials Get The Message About Texting While Driving?

Posted by youth advisory board | 08/10/10 | 4 Comments

Ed. Note: From Jonas Brothers and Allstate urging teens to “X the TXT” to Sprint and DoSomething launching Thumb Wars, there’s no shortage of campaigns out there looking to raise teens’ awareness of the risks of texting while driving. …

Texting & Tweeting Do Not Ruin Job Prospects

Posted by meredith | 01/20/10 | 2 Comments

Today’s Ypulse Youth Advisory Board post comes from media analyst Libby Issendorf who was spurred into defending her fellow Millennials after catching a BlackBook article we recently cited in Essentials. Remember, you can communicate directly with any member of the …

Texting And Tweeting: The ‘Write’ Stuff For The Classroom

Posted by meredith | 12/17/09 | No Comments

It’s no secret that in the age old debate of educators beating vs. joining “totally wired” teens in the classroom, Ypulse lands squarely on the side of joining. Still, it’s (relatively) easy to talk about shifting a traditional paradigm. So …

How ‘Give It A Ponder’ Could Help Teens Think Twice

Posted by meredith | 12/02/09 | 1 Comment

After citing LG’s new “Give It A Ponder” initiative in yesterday’s Essentials, I decided to give the campaign a closer look. Here’s the overview from the press release:

(LG Mobile Phones) has launched a multi-faceted campaign for tweens and

If Too Much Texting Endangers Teens’ Health, Aren’t We All In Trouble?

Posted by meredith | 05/27/09 | 3 Comments

Yesterday, The New York Times ran a piece on texting in its Health section with physicians and psychologists expressing their concerns that excessive text messaging may lead to “anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation” …

Are Parents’ Emails Still A Punchline?

Posted by meredith | 05/11/09 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, with our brother’s help, my sister and I video chatted with our mom for Mother’s Day. I also talked on the phone with her in the morning and exchanged emails. Now usually these things don’t all happen in such …

Ypulse Guest Post: Our Texting-at-the-Wheel (and Everywhere Else) Generation

Posted by meredith | 03/26/09 | 1 Comment

Today’s Ypulse Guest Post is from Jessica Gross, a senior editor at the college review site Unigo. As a twentysomething, Jessica weighs in on our generation’s text obsession and whether recent legislation really gets to the heart of the …