Thursday, November 11, 2010

News of Ypulse Essentials: The FDA Proposes New Graphic Cigarette Labels, Fashion's Sexualization Of Tweens, Libraries Get Teen-Friendly/ Smoking

When political campaigns manipulate social media (The flip side of the so-called digital democracy — "Twitter bombs" and "Digg patriots" and the general ease of spreading misinformation online — is becoming a real issue, as long as social media remains unregulated by the Federal Election Commission) (The Atlantic)

- Jon Favreau in talks to direct Disney's 'Magic Kingdom' (the film based on the premise that all the attractions at Disneyland come to life. So, as New York Magazine points out, basically 'Night At The Museum' with the Seven Dwarves instead of Teddy Roosevelt?) (Deadline)

- Extra on the link between "hypertexting" and risky behavior (and that pesky difference between causation and correlation — it's an interesting study, but it's good to see folks are pointing out its holes) (MediaPost) Ypulse Essentials

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Dangerous Habit

Smoking generally means tobacco smoking. There are many ways of smoking. Every man is fond of something more or less. Some are fond of games, some are fond of music, and some are fond art & scientific experiments. There are some human beings who........