Ypulse Essentials: Hyper-socializers, Mickey's Makeover, Sleep Out Saturday
Posted by meredith on 11-05-2009
Generation of Networkers (WSJ on whether growing up wired has turned Gen Y into serial "time-wasters" or master conversationalists. Maybe a little of both? Plus the life-saving potential of text programs that remind teen liver transplant patients to take their meds. Also the BlackBerry Bold targets Gen Y'ers in Australia) (New York Times, reg. required) (Current)
- Close but no cigar…(is still hazardous. The danger of tobacco-related products marketed to teens. Plus MBTA’s alcohol ads draw criticism for encouraging underage drinking) (Wicked Local) (Boston Herald)
- 'Mortal Instruments' (the Cassandra Clare YA fantasy trilogy to be adapted into one big movie. Plus Sony adapts the world domination board game Risk) (Variety)
- Mickey's extreme makeover (New York Times, reg. required, takes a look at Disney's efforts to rebrand Mickey Mouse as a darker, more modern mouse not only in the "Epic Mickey" video game, but on a wider scale. Hmm… hard to imagine Mickey with an edge)
- Betawave (network of kids' sites reaches 32 million users in the US exceeding Nickelodeon and Disney sites. Also more details on Twilight in Habbo Also Blockbuster jumps on the "New Moon" bandwagon) (Home Media Magazine)
- Gen Y Gives Thanks (nice seasonal series on Examiner combatting the stereotype that Millennials are ungrateful. Thanks Melissa! Also a nice Twitter list of youth orgs in NYC rounded up by Idealist.org. Thanks Sara!)
- Gen Z readers (in case you missed it, PW's Children's Bookshelf sums up the technological challenges facing the teen book market raised at SCBA. Plus if you're in New York check out this YA panel on "Sex, Drugs and Vampires". And a great interview with "Wicked" author Nancy Holder) (i09) (iF Magazine)
- Sleep Out Saturday (1,500 kids ages 12 to 18 will spend a cold night outside to raise money and awareness for homeless families. Also Geico teams with Girl Scouts to help the troop earn a "Road Safety Patch" by partaking in an interactive safety program. And NAMM announces the regional semi-finalists in the SchoolJam USA Nationwide Teen Battle of the Bands to raise money for school music programs)
- More on Gen Y and Twitter (ReadWriteWeb picks up the discussion around the latest Pew Research referring to some of the points I brought up in my post yesterday)
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