Ypulse Essentials
Posted by anastasia on 10-05-2006
All the news that's fit to laugh at (a new study shows "The Daily Show" is just as substantive as real news) (Media Life Magazine)
- Teens are stressed, sluggish and care how they smell (new study says teens want to be healthy but aren't…there are so many factors that go into this - parenting/food/race/class, the article I posted about how regular fitness has taken a back seat to varsity sports…anyhow some interesting findings here) (MediaPost, reg. required)
- 'Hellhouse' the musical (ok, well it's not a musical, but the evangelical haunted house is coming to off-Broadway) (L.A. Times, reg. required)
- Teen podcasters rule! (video interview with the "CEO" of the Teen Podcasters Network) (WebPro News)
- Miss class? (colleges now holding classes in Second Life giving distance learning a whole new virtual reality) (Textually)
- Engage! (analysis of the UniversalMcCann report on totally wired teens/tweens) (Ziff Davis)
- Live Journal lets in sponsors (big change for this more indie youth-oriented blogging community) (ClickZ)
- TurboNick let's tweens mashup (their favorite shows online) (MediaWeek)
- About Face (Boston Globe looks at the Facebook newsfeed fiasco and interviews teen users who provide some interesting insights into how they use the site)
October 5th, 2006 at 11:13 am
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http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman/publish/cat_index_31.asp
Of course "The Daily Show" also devoted much of its time to comedy, which the network news shows didn't, notes Indiana University professor Julia Fox, author of the study. But Fox found a similar amount of time on the broadcast networks’ newscasts devoted to fluff like polls, political endorsements and photo opportunities.
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I want to know where candidates are in the polls and whether they're endorsed by labor unions. I don't consider that fluff.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:59 am
Or, inversely, The Nightly News has such little actual substance that it can be compared to The Daily Show.