Ypulse Essentials: Internet Fame's Dark Side, Piczo's Problems, Athena
Posted by anastasia on 02-25-2008
Our cellphones ourselves (lengthy Washington Post, reg. required, article with lines like: "Girls stare into their cellphone screens as if into the mirrors of compacts, looking to see a reflection of themselves in who has called, who has messaged. Parents no longer know who has a crush on whom — boys no longer call the house." Plus "Teeny Shoppers" (a .pdf report on attracting teens to retailers via mobile. AdWeek offers piece on mobile's challenges. And USA Today on the college fight song ringtone that's ringing up the profits…)
- The 'American Idol' effect (bringing in younger audiences to London's theater scene) (Media Life Magazine)
- Atoosa's alpha kitty (debuts on the Huffington Post…with a big announcement. Plus College Humor debuts its videos on Joost) (Media Post, reg. required)
- Miley's YouTube channel (Tommy2 asks: "Could this new account be something that was planned to help us feel a little more for her when the tabloids go after her?" Plus the Dove user generated ad winner…)
- The Flipside of internet fame (more on JuicyCampus and other internet nastiness. Plus read The Future of Reputation online for free) (Newsweek)
- Free love (free is the new "fill in the blank." Wired thinks so, too) (Trendwatching)
- Piczo not doing so hot (more social networking fatigue? And RockYou to reach Hispanic teens) (News.com)
- Athena (another new alternative online mag for girls. Plus Stuff White People Like — pretty funny) (via Racialicious)
- Sexual assault… (a "fact of life" for girls and young women at school in Canada - yikes!) (CityNews)
- Losing their religion? ("Among Americans ages 18-29, one-in-four say they are not currently affiliated with any particular religion," according to a new Pew report)