Pop-Culture – Page 6

American Idol Upset: Who You Callin’ “Marginalized?”

May 21, 2009 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

May 20, 2009 Tonight was the big hoohah over American Idol’s grand finale controversy, and the New York Times' ArtsBeat section had a play by play ‘real time’ review updating regularly that described this showdown between Kris Allen and Adam Lambert as “the guy next door versus the guyliner.” On the ‘unfair to Adam’ shout out, you can add a posse of young teens who gave me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Adam Lambert, AI 2009, American Idol Finale, American-Idol, contests, Credit Card Reform, Kris Allen, New York Times ArtsBeat, Pop-Culture, reality shows, Ryan Seacrest, Simon Cowell, singing, Susan Boyle

This Video Sings Volumes About Snap Judgment in Media

April 14, 2009 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

April 14, 2009 Our appearance-based culture has become increasingly coarse, cynical and stereotyped, judging people in rapidfire profiling more often than any mindful Malcolm Gladwell style ‘Blink’ of rapid cognition. Such was the case when 48 year old Susan Boyle took the stage as the audience of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ rolled their eyes in ‘puhleeeeze’ mockery with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: a star is born, appearance, body-positive, Britains Got Talent, bullying, can't judge a book by its cover, chanteuse, cynics, heroes, I Dream a Dream, inspiring minds, judgment, Kids, Les Mis, Les Miserables, Les Miz, media heroes, Pop-Culture, role models, Simon Cowell, singers, skeptics, Susan Boyle, Viral Videos, voice talent, West Lothian, youth

What’s With 8th Grade Proms & Glamorama Tween Diva-ization?

April 3, 2009 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

April 3, 2009 “Myths & Realities of Eighth Grade Graduation/Dance: Students may wear something nicer than normal school clothes. However, we strongly discourage formal dresses and tuxedos.” Well, it’s too late for April Fool’s, so I’m guessing this very surreal statement is indicative of the point being made in Newsweek’s recent article, “Are we turning our tweens into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 8th grade proms, affluenza, cap and gown, CCFC, commercialization, commodification, Consuming kids, consumption, divas, education reform, formalwear, Generation Diva, graduation, inverse power of praise, KGOY, limos, mortar board, Newsweek, NPD Group, Po Bronson, Pop-Culture, public schools, tweens

Get Out of Your Own Life! Environmental Influence on Kids

March 30, 2009 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

Mar. 30, 2009 Mea culpa for the unannounced vanishing act, but I’ve been out of town interviewing teens in a different ‘pocket’ of the greater Bay Area, exploring how environmental influences (peers, nature, geography) shift the volume and decibel level of media intake among kids and where we might learn some 'best practices' to leapfrog into a healthier place for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 12 Going on 29, be yourself, beach volleyball, branding, Buckminster Fuller, CDC, consumption, defiance, Dr. Jessica Illuzzi, Dr. Peter Scheidt, Early-Sexualization, Earth Hour, eco, EcoSentience, environmental influence, Green-Teens, health, holistic, Kids, National Children's Study, NCLI, NCS, NextNow Collaboratory, NIH, organic, Peer pressure, Pop-Culture, preteen, Santa Cruz, self-worth, teenagers, well-being, world cafe

What’s On Tweens’ Minds? Meet Denise Restauri of AllyKatzz

November 24, 2008 by Amy Jussel 20 Comments

I figure the Obama girls are going to be a huge focal point in the months ahead (gawd help those darlings) and self-ascribed tween “experts” will be crawling out of the media morass elbowing each other for air time and talk show gigs, so why not check in on the conversations transpiring on tween-talk hubs themselves? Since my tween has just turned teen, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: adolescence, Age of Conversation 2, all things girl week, Ally's Gang, AllyKatzz, anonymity, Buy the change, cake TV, Celebrity worship, confessional, COPPA, Denise Restauri, FAO Schwartz, girl guitars, Givecard, Giving Tree, internet-safety, kids marketing, Kids Online, Malia and Sasha Obama, New-Moon-Girl-Media, Obama girls, online confessions, Oodle, Packaging-Girlhood, Pink Think, Pop-Culture, PopStar, puberty, Reign-of-the-Girl-Child, secret life of tweenagers, secrets being told, Sexualization & Body Image, smarticle, social networking, street teams, tween blogs, tween experts, tween secrets, tweens, Twilight, vampires, YPulse