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(Ana)logging Off

... with which they grew up and provides sensorial elements (consider the feel of an LP or the smell of a new book). Analog media projects a retro cool that modern equivalents just can’t beat. Listening to vinyl rather than Spotify, reading a paperback rather than a Kindle, or playing a board game rather than World of Warcraft touts a tastemaker aura with which online media just can’t compete.Today, having physical records, books, or games suggests that one has taken the time to track down ...

The Real Story

... take on an epic journey.WhiplashThis story of a music school student striving to become a great drummer touches on the pressure kids, parents, and teachers put on achieving excellence. Whiplash unveils the extremes young people go to in work ethic and life to achieve their dreams. - Realism in Books - As the YA market shifts away from fantasy, many of the most buzzed about novels set for release this year are stories about regular teens dealing with complex issues and biographies of people who set ...

POP Trends

... An overview of key happenings and shifts across the pop culture landscape POP TEXTELIBRARIES The popularity of subscription platforms like Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Spotify has begun to trickle over into the realm of the written word. Recent months have seen a rise in ebook subscription services, through which subscribers pay a monthly fee for unlimited access to vast libraries of books both old and new. This model has proven successful for Netflix and its counterparts, but doubts have surfaced ...

Justifying Fan Fic

... books, to be released beginning this fall in paperback and ebook form.Macmillan recently signed a three-book deal with Leisa Rayven, whose work began as Twilight fan fiction. Her original story, titled Diva Diaries, was downloaded over two million times, but has since been revised extensively and renamed Bad Romeo. It will be released in early 2015.After, a work of One Direction fan fiction by 25-year-old Anna Todd, will be released as a trilogy beginning this fall by Simon & Schuster. The story was ...

Culture Counseling

... As multitaskers, young people seek to both learn from and improve themselves by way of entertainment and pop culture. The ubiquity of pop culture in young consumers’ lives compels them to get something out of it beyond mere entertainment. Today’s consumers don’t just consume content; as multitaskers, they aim to learn from it, and better themselves by way of it. These individuals have come to regard the movies, books, art, music, celebrity gossip, and reality TV they love as sources of Culture ...

The Binge Method

... binge mindset now extends beyond the screen. We’re seeing binge behaviors applied to books, magazines, music, gaming, and even social media. Newly popular are speed-reading apps that promise users the ability to tear through their Kindle libraries and Pocket queues at four times their usual reading rates. Among audiophiles, unlimited and inexpensive access to artists’ full catalogues via Spotify is inspiring a new wave of binge listening that can improve one’s understanding of an artist’s ...