Ypulse Essentials: Generation OMG, YouTube U, Online Vs. Offline Morals
Posted by meredith on 03-10-2009
American iDol (a new iPhone app offers AI fans video clips, background info on Idol contestants and the latest news about this season) (MediaPost, reg. required)
- Generation OMG (New York Times' in-depth exploration of how the recession will shape today's youth draws parallels to the Great Depression and asks whether a new "Silent Generation" is on the rise. Plus, according to TRU millennials are making drastic cuts to their spending. And yet, the teen apparel market continues to flourish with stores like Hot Topic and Aeropostale coming out on top) (New York Times, reg. required) (Marketing VOX) (AP)
- Jay Asher's 'Thirteen Reasons Why' (Motoko Rich spotlights the hard-hitting novel about teen suicide and its path to the bestseller list. Also, Dakota Fanning vamps it up as Jane in the upcoming "Twilight" sequel) (New York Times, reg. required) (Entertainment Weekly)
- YouTube says YouCan't (in the UK, blocking "premium" music videos after a licensing conflict. Meanwhile in Australia YouTube becomes YouTube U when a professor encourages absent students to view his lectures online) (ars technica) (ReadWriteWeb)
- More young adults choosing partners from similar backgrounds (the latest U.S. census shows a decline in the rates of children of immigrants marrying outside their ethnicity, in particular among the Hispanic and Asian populations. Plus, the evolving definition of bicultural for Hispanic youth) (Washington Post, reg. required) (Ad Age, reg. required)
- Fake tan a la Lohan (the ever-entrepreneurial Lindsay Lohan launches her own brand of self-tanner. Plus, Publisher's Weekly discovers a fun series of posts by Blaze Danielle that designs looks for fictional characters like Nancy Drew, Ramona Quimby and the like. Plus, Melissa Walker's latest installment of Cover Stories takes a closer look at Lisa Yee's "Absolutely Maybe") (MediaPost, reg. required) (Melissa Walker: The Blog)
- Does your moral compass guide you online? (a study from the University of Michigan looks at seventh-graders' responses to questions about the acceptability of "virtual" actions versus their offline equivalents. Also, an interesting series of charts quantify how Facebook friendships are maintained and whether social sites actually expand your social network) (Wall Street Journal) (Overstated)
- daughters.com' (New Girl Moon Media launches a new site for parents of teens and tweens. Plus RocketOn sets up virtual stores on sites across the web for all your avatar's virtual needs)
- Should Chris Brown be up for a Kids' Choice Award? (Entertainment Weekly asks the poignant question of whether the former tween idol should even remain in the running for the award after being charged for with felony assault last week. And Brown and Rhianna plan to record a duet – so unsettling) (Entertainment Weekly) (E! Online)
- The harsh realities of life as a homeless youth (in New York City may get harsher with imminent budget cuts. Plus, TIME reports that 1 in 50 kids are homeless in America today) (New York Times, reg. required)
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March 10th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Re "the ever-entrepreneurial Lindsay Lohan launches her own brand of self-tanner."
Tans are ugly.