Ypulse Essentials
Posted by anastasia on 03-13-2006
Naomi Wolf on the dumbing down and sexing up of YA fiction (similar to the theme of my post last week…BTW I interned for Naomi in college) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Teens will only pay so much for ringtones (one in four downloading them and $1.25 is the most they will pay…) (Media Post, reg. required)
- NYT rounds up UGC on TV (user-generated content online that's showing up on air…) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Discovery's new homework helper (for kids K-12 is called Cosmeo) (Washington Post, reg. required)
- Analyzing 'Assassin' (latest in twenty and thirtysomething online meets offline sort of flash mobish type game - involves water guns, have a coworker who plays…)
- Cybersecurity 101 (New York students being taught the intricasies of online security so they can become better hackers..j/k) (Wired)
- Texting the '06 election (bands and other political groups are lining up to get young people out to vote via SMS in November) (Textually.org)
- YT? It's MySpace Messenger (social networking behemoth jumping into the instant messenger market) (GigaOm)
- Adding to my Netflix (I'm a sucker for summer camp nostalgia) (Cinematical)
- ShowUsYourCharacter.com (USA Networks launches its own social networking community around its shows)
- mtvU looks to BU (for a new sitcom…But MTV series man Tony DiSanto won't be out of work any time soon) (BrandNoise) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Gay teens fighting for their rights (in California courts and through political activism - definitely some outrage there!) (L.A. Times, reg. required)
- Computer science has a whole new look (it's now being taught by The Sims) (USA Today)
- Teens 'totally wired' relationships (Harris has some good research on how teens relationships with friends and family are changing) (.pdf)
