Ypulse Essentials: Sesame 2.0, Cheetah Girl Undressed, Generation O
Posted by anastasia on 11-10-2008
Sesame Street goes digital (with a YouTube channel, making episodes available on iTunes and Hulu. Plus an iPhone app for kids. And how EA indirectly markets to kids) (via an emailed press release) (Next Great Thing) (eMarketer)
- Another Disney star revealed… (online with no clothes — this time it's Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon. Plus a look inside Disney couture) (Boston Herald) (New York Times, reg. required)
- Generation O (more Obama analysis from the New York Times Sunday Styles section, reg. required. Plus politics' new role in high school – thanks Bob! And Megan McCain's parting blog – thanks Eric!) (USA Today)
- Young UK jurors (accused of not being able to "listen." Plus British teens regularly using cocaine. And UK kids and teens communicating non-stop.) (Ars Technica) (The Sun) (eMarketer)
- LG goes for girls (with a new phone. Plus mobile multi-tasking.) (Wired) (Teen Lab)
- Gen Digital's holiday shopping forecast (Plus Gen X's online shopping habits. And video from Ad Tech's Millennials panel) (eMarketer) (AdRants)
- From MTV to MySpace (Influx Insights on the evolution of music.
Plus MTV tries selling Comedy Central and Spike together as a young "man block" for advertisers) (AdAge.com, reg. required)
P.S. Check out McSweeney's ultimate guide to adolescence – fun stuff. See also: Salon.com's review of HBO's new Aussie import about high school "Summer Heights."
Categorized under: Ypulse Essentials
November 12th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
The cocaine issue is just the tip of the iceberg – drugs and alcohol are absolutely rampant in the UK amongst the 15-25 year old age group.
I was quite culture-shocked when I arrived in America. I'd go to house parties and no-one would even be smoking weed, let alone anything stronger. Very strange.
Drugs are just a part of the social scene in the UK, at any social level. Here in the US they seem to be a very hidden subculture which is segregated from "normal" youth culture.