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While it may seem like Facebook dominates social media, there’s one group it doesn’t want to reach: kids under age 13. And even once kids reach 13, their parents aren’t always excited about letting them join the adult social media space,... Read the rest of this post

Social causes are important to Millennials, but they don’t always know where to start or how to find organizations that support the issues they’re interested in. MTV ACT is designed to guide them along. The site — the next iteration of MTV... Read the rest of this post

Today we have another installment of Web Wonders vs. Time Wasters, our occasional Youth Advisory Board feature spotlighting a sample of the memes, games, videos, etc. that go viral with teens and twenty-somethings for good reason…or no reason at... Read the rest of this post

A friend pointed me to this clever set of old war-time posters adapted to reflect today's library hardships, made British Internet consultant (and presumably big library fan) Phil Bradley. Here's one of them:

Most of Bradley's posters suggest that simply using our libraries is enough to save them. Of course, at least in the States, library usage is on the rise — but that often doesn't translate into fiscal support from the taxpayers or local government. Still, I really like the sentiment!

I'd love to see a queue like this outside our library...except I know how much the patrons would complain. It's bad enough when our parking lot is full! And, to be honest, I could do without the guns and pickaxes, too...

I've been enjoying the Better Book Titles blog, wherein folks revamp the title and cover of classic books to succinctly and humorously encapsulate their content. Today they take on The Lorax:

Touché. And wouldn't Al Gore look a lot like the Lorax if he grew out his mustache and wore a fuzzy, brown body suit? No? Well, maybe it's just me.

They've done several other children's books as well, though some of my favorites are adult books: The Handmaid's Tale, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and (possibly my all-time fave) Motherless Brooklyn.

We may be coming to the end of “National Bullying Prevention Month,” but the discussion around these issues, and how they affect youth online and off, is still very much just starting to take shape. Let's look, for instance, at the findings... Read the rest of this post

Last week, the organizers of the PivotCon conference generously offered Ypulse a press pass to their NYC brand marketing event. The two-day event focused on the emerging Millennial consumer and new frontiers of social media marketing and provided... Read the rest of this post

Earlier this week, Facebook agreed to team up with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) in an effort to reduce the amount of anti-gay bullying on the site. The partnership was bred from a heartbreaking epilogue to the recent... Read the rest of this post

Not long ago, if you were past a certain age range — say, puberty — it was arguably "uncool" to be obsessed with comic books, villains and superheroes. But times have changed: close to 100,000 people converged on New York City's... Read the rest of this post

Today's Ypulse Guest Post comes from Shann Biglione, a digital media advertising expert, who reports back from the 2010 Engage! Expo, sponsored by Engage Digital Media, which took place in Santa Clara, CA. If you work in youth media or marketing and... Read the rest of this post

Longtime Ypulse readers know we're strong advocates of fostering tolerance for GLBT teens. Whether it be through more realistic, multifaceted portrayals in the media, movements on the ground like GSA alliances, or online resources dedicated to... Read the rest of this post

While their parents lament dust-gathering vinyl collections and Gen-Xers are still waxing poetic about the mixtape, today's web-savvy teen faces an entirely new set of circumstances when she wants to listen to a new album: Sure, I'll listen online... Read the rest of this post

Today's Ypulse Interview is with Sarah Prevette, founder of the startup Sprouter, a social network for entrepreneurs, and one of Inc. Magazine's "30 Under 30 Coolest Young Entrepreneurs." We reached out to hear about her own early adventures in... Read the rest of this post

Today's Ypulse Interview is with Hilary Baris, Digital Media & Marketing Director for The Partnership for a Drug-Free America and Pauline Malcolm-John, VP of Brand Marketing Initiatives for WeeWorld. Both were on the team behind a recent joint... Read the rest of this post

Today's Ypuse Guest Post comes from John Cahill, CEO at Meez who offered to share his insight on the growing number of virtual worlds teaming up with charities and non-profits to hold pro-social campaigns around youth causes and the potential that... Read the rest of this post

Today we have another installment of Web Wonders vs. Time Wasters, our occasional Youth Advisory Board feature spotlighting a sample of the memes, games, videos, etc. that go viral with teens and twenty-somethings for good reason.. or no reason... Read the rest of this post

Today our resident Youth Advisory Board activist and Canadian teen Amanda Aziz looks ahead to what the upcoming 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina could mean for youth-targeted efforts around the BP oil spill crisis. So far, I've pointed Amanda... Read the rest of this post

Yesterday in Ypulse Essentials, I cited a lengthy feature that ran in the New York Times' Style section, reg. required, on middle schools, cyberbullying and the difficult question of how, if at all, educators can step in to resolve abusive... Read the rest of this post

For all those wondering "what's going viral with the kids these days?" today we kick off Web Wonders Vs. Time Wasters, a new occasional Ypulse Youth Advisory Board feature spotlighting a sample of the memes, games, videos, etc. that get passed... Read the rest of this post

Today's Ypulse Interview is with Laura Richardson, principal designer at frog design. After getting a glimpse of her insights and passion for reshaping the future of play from Ypulse President Dan Coates in his report from the Sandbox Summit at MIT,... Read the rest of this post

Today we finish off our Ypulse Youth Advisory Board series on "Digital Identities" with YAB member Julia Tanenbaum who relates her own wired childhood to the growing number of virtual worlds and social networks hoping to hook kids and tweens... Read the rest of this post

When I initially raised the topic of online dating with our Youth Advisory Board members I was referring to twentysomething-targeted matchmaking sites like OKCupid.com and chemistry.com. I figured older members might have an interesting take on the... Read the rest of this post

By now, you've probably caught a trend piece or two on the latest wave of teen style vloggers to hit the fashion industry: YouTube "haulers," so called for the post-shopping trip "hauls" they share and discuss with thousands of followers via... Read the rest of this post

Today we continue our Youth Advisory Board series on digital identities with another post from Canadian teen Amanda Aziz on the latest blowback to Facebook policy changes and the new wave of social network alternatives. Feel free to comment... Read the rest of this post