Volume Issue Jan—March

Disney has many live action adaptions on POP culture AT A GLANCE their plate. Most recently, Jungle Book, and slated to come, among others are: Mulan, Pop culture is one of the biggest influences on a Aladdin, Dumbo, and Tinkerbell. Pete’s teen’s life. How much do YOU know about it? Dragon is releasing this summer, but coming to theaters in March is Beauty and the Beast. The world lost its beloved prin- Belle is played by Emma Watson, of Harry cess of the stars when Carrie Potter fame. Her story has also been tweaked Fisher, best known as Princess somewhat, so that she is the inventor, instead Leia from Star , passed of her father. For Emma alone, teens will flock away in Dec 2016. Her mother, to see this one, plus the voice cast is stellar. the famous Debbie Reynolds, Meitu is the Chinse app that turns you into an died the very next day. She was anime character. While its been available in an outspoken advocate for men- China since 2008, it recently gained interna- tal disorders, a screen writer, tional appeal after allowing camera roll up- author, script doctor, and had a loads. This sparked 2,300 US downloads in 7 unmatched wit and humor. She days. You can change your own face or had already filmed her portion of someone famous, launching numerous pics the next Star Wars episode, on Facebook. 71% of those 13-33 years-old recently announced as The Last have downloaded it because it ‘ seems fun.’ Jedi. After her death, all her books such as Wishful Drinking and her latest The Princess Diarist shot to the bestsellers list and are all now currently being reprinted Riverdale is the CW’s hottest new teen show, in the likes of Gossip Girl. It brings back to meet demands. the characters of the Archie comic in a gritty new take as they deal with a murder- A new social media trend growing in popu- mystery in town and sophomore high school life, including crushes, bankruptcy, and larity is the words SEND NUDES in an homelessness. It contains a huge image “an expression used to request amount of pop culture references, lots sexually explicit photographs from some- of snark, and nighttime soap type one via various forms of communication, drama. Most of the cast are young including web based services and text and hip newcomers and teens will message.” (Know Your Memes) A quick start to follow them as well, as the search even produces advice making it show only gets more popular. seem like a fun joke to get results. And Amazon sells clothes with the line. There are no counter pictures depicting the horrors of pornography addiction. We are moving! A Moment: Switch is here on March 3rd  We are moving to a Nintendo’s gaming consuls have been lagging behind their competition, their last one was the U, but that’s new location! It is all about to change. Their newest consul, the , is set to debut in March and its already created a massive buzz. It will set you back $299.99, which is pretty typical. The system comes with the L and R Joy- very close to the old Con controllers, Joy-Con wrist straps, the Joy-Con grip, and the Nintendo Switch dock. It can be connect to a location, but affords television set like a regular console or be used as a portable device with its high-definition display screen. The us more room. We Joy-Con controllers can be used jointly by a single player or two for a multiplayer experience. The device has will be moving at the a touch screen that operates like a smartphone that can last two to six hours depending on the game you are beginning of March, playing. Of course, with any new system comes new games. Some of the so come see us out most anticipated are: : Breath of the Wild, our new place! Cart 8 Deluxe, Odyssey, 2—a third-person paint 150 Harrison Ave. shooter game, ARMS– a boxing and shooting game for two players, Morrisville, PA Xenoblade Chronicles—action roleplaying game, 1-2 Switch—a ‘face-to 19067 -face” party game, and Warriors—an adventure game. Ac- cording to early reviews, it really lives up to the hype of being seamless- ly mobile gaming and full consul. Of course, time alone will tell how well it sells, but gamers seem very optimistic. P AGE 2 R EAL L IFE Entertainment Talk: Media Habits by Ypulse

YPulse recently released their data tracking media habits during 2016. They conducted monthly surveys with over 1000 13-34 year-olds. Weekly cable traditional TV continues to wan, while subscription mobile services, such as Netflix, are be- coming indispensable to teens. At the beginning of the year, laptops held top spot for viewing, but later in the year it went to smartphones. Hub Entertainment Research found that if consumers could only have three options, 16-24 year-olds picked Netflix at 56% and ABC at 19% for second choice. Overall people picked CBS as third. YPulse Binge Effect Trend also found that 64% of 13-33 year-olds use Netflix for the most binge-watching content. The full article can be viewed at: https://ypulse.com/ post/view/media-tracker-how-millennials-teens-viewing -changed-this-year F a s t F a c t s  Stanford University study shows that 82% of middle-schoolers cannot distinguish between an ad labeled “sponsor content” and real news story (study of over 7,500 students)  A study of Los Angels middle-schoolers found those who vaped were more likely to smoke traditional cigarettes later, become daily smokers, and smoke more often.  Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2016 is “post-truth” defined as “the circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief”. In essence, a post-truth world puts more credence on “feelings” than “facts.” The frequency of its use increased by 2,000% from 2015 to 2016. (The Source for Sponsored: Youth Ministry) Federal Program may Forgive "Student Loans" (Example)

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