Ypulse Essentials: 'Kids Choice' Nominees Announced, 'Alice' Boycott?, Millennials Less Religious
Posted by anastasia on 02-17-2010
'Twilight,' Miley top this year's 'Kids Choice' nominations (Plus CrunchGear highlights talkatoo from the Toy Fair, which records a parent's voice to sooth your child on the go. And Playthings has its roundup of Toy Fair buzz part one and two.) (L.A. Times)
- Larry Magid warns against kids using Chatroulette (and Trendcentral says chatting with strangers is "the hottest digital trend since microblogging" – hmmmm) (News.com)
- UK and Dutch theaters may boycott 'Alice' (after Disney announced it will speed up the DVD release. And MTV will laser target its online video ads.) (Bloomberg) (MediaWeek)
- Millennials less religious (but not less spiritual, according to the latest research from Pew) (USA Today)
- General Mills to target Millennials (Plus why Gen Y might not save Foster's. And Gen Y @ work in China.) (AdAge.com, reg. required) (Sydney Morning Herald) (BusinessWeek)
- Is Gen Y membership a pass to plagiarize? (interesting take on excuses being given for recent journalistic slips. And on Salon, a 17-year-old novelist defends herself another recent plagiarism scandal.) (True/Slant)
- Drama works (new study shows fictionalized dramas more effective in promoting safer sex than news reports. And despite the message of "Let's move," exercise may not boost obese teens' metabolism. Plus more health benefits for girls who play sports) (New York Times) (Reuters)
- What Canadian students spend money on (Plus more than half of UK teens just want to be famous with "more than a fifth plan to reach their goal by appearing on a reality TV show." Oof.) (The Independent)
- This year's Cybils award winners (picks from the Kidlitosphere.)
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