The Washington Post has a story about youngsters leaving MySpace in droves that recently hit the front page of digg. And the WSJ agrees with a spookily similar story. Hang on. I recall reading another remarkably similar story four months ago [digg link - the newspaper has moved the piece].
I think these stories are [...]
Tag Archives: teenagers
MySpace Doooomed. Allegedly.
October 30, 2006 – 11:40 am
Pirate Nation: Two-Thirds Share Music
September 4, 2006 – 9:15 am
Illegal sharing and downloading continues to have a major appeal for music consumers, in spite of several high-profile litigation campaigns. Two thirds share music and over a third of us have used illegal download networks like Kazaa, Limewire and Soulseek. That’s according to a new report from Entertainment Media Research. The sample comprised over 3,000 [...]
Downward Spiral in the Music Biz?
August 30, 2006 – 6:42 pm
News has emerged about a new music download service, SpiralFrog, due to launch in December. This story has been extensively covered on boingboing and Techcrunch. However, if you’ve missed it, the gist is that the service will offer the Vivendi Universal Music Group catalogue for free download. Talks are underway with EMI and other labels. [...]
Virtually Safe
August 30, 2006 – 8:34 am
Children’s safety may not always be at peril when they go online. In fact, the latest developments are hopefully a move in the opposite direction. I received news yesterday about a new attempt to tackle bullying through roleplay in a virtual world. The scheme is being developed by a consortium of nine European universities.
Professor Ruth [...]
instant messaging don’t break your grammar
August 2, 2006 – 11:14 am
While most teenagers use shorthand expressions in their instant messages, it’s not actually lowering standards of grammar. That’s according to a University of Toronto study by Sali Tagliamonte and Derek Denis. Detailed analysis found that while the words and phrases differed from the registers that would be expected by parents and teachers, the structures of [...]
