We would like to believe we can control our teens, but we can’t. However, we can be very influential.
You don’t need to be frustrated and exasperated with your kids.
28-Jan-2011
Miley Cyrus voted worst celebrity influence
Miley Cyrus has been voted the worst celebrity influence of 2010. The 18-year-old singer-and-actress topped the poll for the second year in a row.
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Miley Cyrus Voted 2010 Worst Celebrity Influence
Miley Cyrus has been voted the worst celebrity influence of 2010. The 18-year-old singer-and-actress topped the poll for the second year in a row on AOL’s JSYK.com (Just So You Know), a website targeting nine to 15 year olds, taking 58 per cent of the 99,000 votes. Although no reasons have been given for Miley [...]
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06-Jan-2011
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 7, 2007
Ypulse.com, the leading independent blog for youth and teen media and marketing professionals, in partnership with conference producer Modern Media, today announced that the morning keynote Tuesday, July 17 at 8:45am will feature danah boyd, Fellow, Annenberg Center for Communications, University of Southern California and Henry Jenkins, Director, Comparative Media Studies Program, MIT, in a discussion that covers the Convergence Culture: A Keynote Conversation.
“Their keynote will give attendees insight into why sites like MySpace, YouTube and Facebook have become cultural phenomena, and the role young people are playing in transforming the media and entertainment landscape,” said Anastasia Goodstein, Ypulse founder and co-producer of the Mashup. “Nobody knows more about what teens are doing online than danah and nobody knows more about fan culture than Henry.”
The 2007 Mashup takes place July 16 -17 at the Hotel Nikko, San Francisco, CA, and will focus on reaching youth with tools such as social networking and user-generated content, and will feature two special live performances. The opening reception Monday, July 16 at 6:30pm will include a live acoustic performance by Secondhand Serenade, one of the most organic teen music success stories of 2007 (http://www.secondhandserenade.com).
An exclusive performance of “Mortified” will close the Mashup Tuesday, July 17 at 5:45pm, a production in which people read from their real teen diaries. This performance will help put delegates in touch with their own teen years and inspire a deeper understanding of – and empathy for – where teens are coming from (http://www.getmortified.com).
The Mashup will also feature a “Youth Media Showcase,” an exhibitor space where Bay Area youth media organizations will be speaking to attendees as well as showing examples of the work they are doing with local youth.
For more information and to register for the Mashup, go to www.mashup.ypulse.com.
About Ypulse
Ypulse is an independent blog published by Anastasia Goodstein for youth media and marketing professionals. It provides news, commentary and resources about commercial teen media for teens (teen magazines, websites), entertainment for teens (movies, games, television, music), technology used by teens (cell phones, instant messaging, SMS), the news media’s desire to attract teens (newspapers, cable news), marketing and advertising (targeting the teen market) and civic youth media (highlighting organizations’ efforts at promoting youth voices in media). Ypulse.com reaches a highly influential audience of agency, brand and media executives as well as social marketers trying to reach youth. The blog has been featured in several leading publications including USA Today, BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fast Company. Anastasia Goodstein is an award-winning blogger and often-quoted expert on American tweens, teens and early twentysomethings. Goodstein was one of the first graduates of the Medill School of Journalism’s new media program at Northwestern University where she earned an MSJ in 1999. Goodstein just completed a book about teens and technology called Totally Wired: What Teens And Tweens Are Really Doing Online, published by St. Martin’s Press in March of 2007.
About Modern Media
Modern Media builds, produces, markets and sells business conferences and media brands. Publishers, media entrepreneurs, business marketers and associations rely on Modern Media to engage customers and increase revenue, launch new events and brand extensions, or revitalize existing products. The company produces high-quality business conferences, providing programming, speaker recruitment, conference management and attendee acquisitions services. Its brand marketing services include positioning strategy, sales tool development and sponsorship sales.
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11-Nov-2010
I think the best teen star that is influental to kids is the Jonas brothers …. They are sucessful and they also gain their respect unlike some other teen stars.
04-Sep-2010
In your opinion, what are the two risk behaviors that will most influence a teen’s health
24-Jun-2010
How Does Music Influence the Teens?
Category : Teen Music
Music is one of the greatest wonders of the world. It influences mankind and fires principles. It can make the teens create illusions and can also influence them to become contributors to peace and progress. Teens want music the same way as the adults. They spend time listening to music and read issues about them. But unlike the adults, the teens can freely express themselves in music.
Why do teens love music? There are many reasons to this. Some teens love to listen to music because they just like to hear those musical instruments and even imagine that they can play them too. They have the ability to imagine that they are the drummers, guitarists, keyboardists and vocalists performing on stage. They can hear the roars of the crowds and how they love the way they shouted their names. Music seems a safe haven to them, affording them the opportunity to escape from reality into a world where their dreams become “real”. Is there someone who does not want to become popular?
Music has lyrics which can connect with their real lives, thus music becomes an expression of their selves. Unfortunately, there are songs that the teens have to avoid. Lyrics on sex creates lusts for actual sex, and for good, they must not be allowed to stir the teens’ imaginations. Music on violence creates the compulsion for macho images. Instead of teaching the teens to respect other teens, these lyrics entice them to easily kick others for just a slight misunderstanding. Teens love recognition, but if possible, not this way.
Unlike adults who are so busy with their works and other activities, the teens have all the time to listen to music in their rooms, in the parks and anywhere it pleases them. They do not care whether they would be dancing alone amidst the crowd with that headphones stuck to theirs ears. Just let those old folks frown at them. However, the teens must be selective when and where to listen to their favorite music. Accidents especially in cars can be attributed to unsafe driving. And their foremost cause? Using mobile phones and being attentive to music while in dangerous curves and heavy traffic.
The danger with teens taking much attention to music is that they may just be carried away. Music can motivate the teens to use alcohol and drugs while listening to their favorite music. During funk concerts: the teens are seen shouting, clapping, jumping, dancing, hugging, kissing their girlfriends; some are high on drugs in concerts. And who knows what happens next.
The good benefit that music brings is its ability to influence the teens to take action on relevant issues where their contributions can be counted. The song “We are the World” acclaimed as one of the greatest hits stirred the teens to contribute whatever amount they can spare to feed the hungry children in poor countries. Songs on environmental awareness motivate the teens to join tree planting activities in order to save Mother Earth.
If music is important to the teens, so do the parents to them. The teens want their parents to discuss music with them, sing with them and laugh with them when the wrong key is hit. Thus, the parents must strive to understand their teens and give their parental guidance when needed.
Author?s bio:
Teenagers are really more meticulous these days. This is why TeenWants (http://www.teenwants.com) hopes to bring teens all around the world together and let them experience everything positive and enriching. Sushil Kumar Singh Raghav writes for TeenWants.com. TeenWants.com is the place for games, video, music, shopping, fitness, entertainment and even job opportunities for teens. Check out TeenWants.com (http://www.teenwants.com) for prizes and games as well!
05-Jun-2010
I am a male, but I see too many teen stars being innapropriate role-models for young girls today. I look to Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens, and Adrennie Baillion. Who do you think is the best role model today?
NO, I mean that those 3 girls are BAD influences! XD
