To learn what makes Digital Natives tick, why not hear it straight from the horse’s mouth? This is why I spent the past few days at VidCom, the ultimate convention for online videos and the lives of digital influencers and their young fan base. VidCon is the brainchild of the vlogbrothers, themselves uber-successful YouTubers….
Sorry Kitty is lead singer of the K-pop band Saccharine. Her nickname is a blend of Super Junior’s 2009 hit Sorry, Sorry and the still popular cartoon Hello Kitty, and influenced by the post-ironic cat-meme era she was born into. She earned it for her allegedly sad expression as a child, but later made it her…
Do As I Say, Not As I Do? Pew Research is one of my main, probably the main go-to source for generational statistics. But for once I am a little disappointed. The culprit is their recent study “Parents Concerned About Teens’ Online Activities and Privacy.” The title captures it all. By focusing only on young…
Virtual reality, or immersive video games, are quickly becoming the “who-cares-which-reality” reality. Following what seems to be a new book trend about the beneficial social effect of gaming, authors Jeremy Bailenson and Jim Blasocovich‘s Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution hit the bookstores today. Professor Jeremy Bailenson…
