Performative Disapproving
One of the best ways to track cultural changes is to look at the new words that make their way into the dictionary each and every year. Back in January, the Merriam-Webster dictionary added a two-word phrase that is worth…
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Smartphones and Childhood Obesity
When we first started monitoring youth culture here at CPYU, smartphones did not exist. Kids who spent time in front of a screen did so with televisions. It was long before there were connections being made between time spent watching…
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