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Global TV Trends

... and web platform that allows multiple people to watch the same video. Rabbit acts as a viewing room where people from anywhere in the world can watch movies, stream music, and play games. The platform can host streaming websites, such as Netflix and Hulu, allowing friends to co-view their favorite series. Rabbit users can also use the platforms messaging and video features to chat about what they’re watching as it plays out.Let’s Watch It  iMessage launched a co-viewing app, Let’s ...

Transgender Activists

... storylines about trans characters on Glee and The Fosters. Accurate and honest portrayals of transgender individuals are rapidly becoming more prevalent—numerous upcoming movies and TV shows are centered on their experiences (see examples below) and there has been recent growth in children’s books with transgender themes. Meanwhile, discussions of gender nonconformity have increasingly infiltrated the media: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter Shiloh recently decided to be called John; Obama became ...

Less Is Morality

... whatever experience they went through in that episode.  Now, looking at Atlanta as an example, they're portraying issues of racism, poverty, police brutality, homophobia, masculinity, and so much more without explicitly doing so. It's incredibly powerful. MICHAEL, 22, TXAnother reason that it is less common to find moral messages in entertainment is because viewing preferences have migrated away from canned, contrived situational shows and movies to ones that offer a more realistic glimpse of ...

Have Guidance, Will Travel

... me money. There are a lot of apps and websites to help you too. They are so useful and they really help you when in a rut.ANTHONY, 22, OHModern youth are used to instant gratification (e.g., making purchases online, streaming movies and TV shows, ordering food delivery directly to their door), but having so many options at one’s fingertips has its drawbacks, too. Young consumers are experiencing choice overload, and they’re seeking help from brands in the decision-making process (see Cease ...

Pop Politics

... attention to the reasons they support that candidate. Also, most of the issues that young Americans face today are addressed in the movies and music we listen to.ADAM, 31, TXI think pop culture often makes politics more appealing and accessible to young people in creating easier ways to understand politics and social issues. This includes satires and comedy sketches. I am much more likely to read a political article if I have seen it or something relating to it if it has been spoofed on SNL, for ...

Soloists

... to respond and adapt to your environment quickly. LAUREN, 34, ORI like to take myself out at least once every two weeks. It is usually simple things like having a spa day or going to the movies or out to eat. There is a sense of tranquility about doing things on my own because I don't have to worry about being responsible for someone else’s happiness or worrying about if the person I am with is having fun. ASHTAAN, 22, TXI have experienced significant personal growth since doing things on my ...

New Morals

... ?Summary of Strongly/Somewhat Agree You can't call yourself healthy if you don't eat right | Unhealthy foods are just as bad for people as drugs and alcohol | You can't call yourself healthy if you don't exercise | I'm embarrassed to post about unhealthy food on social media | I would be embarrassed if anyone I know discovered me eating fast food 72% OF Ys AND 77% OF TEEN Zs THINK IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE TO NOT EAT WELL OR NOT EXERCISE. 65% OF Ys AND 74% OF TEEN Zs PREFER TO WATCH TV SHOWS AND MOVIES ...

Fanning Out

... AltSpaceVR is betting big on the social aspect of VR and has placed it front and center in its VR platform. Although the technology is more focused on socializing activities such as chatting, playing games, and watching movies, it also has features that make it fun to watch sporting events in VR.Daytona 500 To make the lengthy Daytona 500 more enticing to fans, races this year are being broken up into multiple parts, creating three races in one. Instead of the Daytona 500, fans will be able to view ...

Soundscape

... the pressure for users to say exactly how they feel because the artists can convey it for them. Taking this concept further, there’s a space for tools that allow young people to share other sound clips that are relevant to their lives, including quotes from movies, catchphrases, and sayings from Ys’ and Zs’ cultural lexicon. Platforms that enable users to share this type of content have yet to hit the mainstream, but there’s potential for them to do so as they would function much like memes in ...

The Binge Method

... Young people, in a desire to enjoy the glut of pop culture content available to them, are strategizing their consumption habits. The rapid rise of subscription media services, like Netflix, Hulu Plus, Next Issue, Oyster, and Spotify, has granted sudden access to a vast library of new and old media content. The unprecedented wealth of movies, TV series, magazine back issues, albums, and ebooks now available at the click of a button can prove overwhelming to subscribers; in fact, we noted not too ...