The Musical Reminiscence Bump
When people my age were kids, there were only two ways to hear your favorite songs. One was to buy the record and play it over and over again. The other was to wait until the DJ played the record…
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Kids TV and Transgender
Just a little over a year ago, the Nickelodean network premiered a kids show called Danger Force, which is a spinoff of the older Henry Danger kids series. Danger Force follows the adventures of some young super-heroes in training. The…
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Writing on Screens vs. Paper
Over the course of the last twenty years, I’ve been especially interested in tracking with youth culture trends that are related to the emergence of a host of new technologies and technological tools. A new study of Japanese college students…
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3(D) Review: “good 4 u” by Olivia Rodrigo
Best known for her starring role in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, 18-year-old OliviaRodrigo has taken the pop music world by storm since debuting her singing/songwriting talents inJanuary 2021 with the release of her first single, “Drivers License”.…
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