June 29, 2020

Rent cathartic experiences, own addictive ones (theory and examples from media, arts, entertainment, sex)

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The discussion of ad-infested streaming entertainment made me seriously think about buying mp3s for the first time in my life, rather than ...
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June 27, 2020

Ads as mandatory patronage markers, not attempts to persuade consumers

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I won't be watching or linking to YouTube on my PC for the time being, since they've rolled out new anti-ad-blocker software. It rui...
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June 21, 2020

Naturalization of teen sexuality, including age gaps, during restless phase of excitement cycle

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I was planning to write this last year when I watched The Crush from 1993, but figured I'd wait until this year when we were solidly out...
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June 20, 2020

New York no longer cool or interesting enough to star in pop culture

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Watching Gossip Girl for the first time, to re-familiarize myself with the late 2000s, I'm struck by how New York-centric it is. Every r...
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June 17, 2020

Teenagers no longer phone addicts in public places: short-term pendulum swing, or long-term shift out of cocooning?

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It didn't hit me until after I'd gotten back home, but during my walk around the park today I don't think I saw anyone staring d...
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June 15, 2020

Rhythm & exercise video games surge during restless and manic phases, crash during vulnerable phase, of excitement cycle

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I haven't looked at video games within the framework of the 15-year cultural excitement cycle, since the last time I regularly played co...
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June 13, 2020

Even Disney darlings did dance-rock in the late 2000s

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As a sign of just how extensive the late 2000s dance-rock phenomenon was, even singers who had first broken into fame as Disney actresses w...
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June 12, 2020

Summer night anticipation music

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Summer 2008, somewhere in the Mountain West. Cruising around after dinner with the A/C off, caressed by the crepuscular warmth that's ...
June 11, 2020

Girls born in early '90s are the most social-seeking and touchy-feely (pop culture examples across all phases of excitement cycle)

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I've mentioned before that girls born in the first half of the 1990s are the wild child type. Their first impression of the world at bir...
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