Tag: Communication

Youth Culture and Social Networks: Fresh Data Quantifies Communication Patterns, Key Features, and the Most Effective Brand Marketing Opportunities

Surprisingly many brands (especially in the automotive industry) don’t have a successful new media/social network strategy yet. Our results indicate what youth culture is using mostly, why, and where brands may benefit mostly in new media.

Culture Jamming Strikes Again with Improv Everywhere%uFFFDs “The Grocery Store Musical”

Advertisers are catching on that the most viral of campaigns are often free and funny. Or at least they started out that way. Here%uFFFDs the latest called “Squish Our Fruit Together.”

Snowboarding vs. Skateboarding: What’s It Take to Get the Next Gen Involved

Comparing Label Networks’ data on both sports, this story shows the potential crossover and where things are heading for capturing a new generation of riders/skaters.

Graffiti Artist Saber and His Message on Health Care Reform Indicates the Power of the Medium and Their Political and Cultural Impact Today

President Obama has created the Organizing for America Health Reform Video Challenge and here’s one that we think could be a winner.

Culture Jamming at It’s Best with Improv Everywhere’s Latest”Invisible Dog” Walkers in NYC

Here’s a viral, grassroots campaign that spreads via its inescapable hilariousness.

Youth Culture’s Top Categories for Cutting Back in the Next 6 Months Reveals Who’s in For a Serious Blow -Fresh Data from Label Networks’ Fall Study 2009

For those able to attend Label Networks’ capacity-crowd presentation during MAGIC, this was the one data slide that had people gasping and others quietly figuring new strategies.

Yarnstorming with Knitted Phone Box Cozies and Spider Webs with Handcrafted Beasts Take Street Graffiti to New Levels

The London troupe called the Yarn Corps makes Knit the City the ultimate DIY statement–one stitch at a time.

Olympics Channel with U.S. Olympic Committee Pisses-off International Olympic Committee, Plus Latest Trends on New Sports in the Olympics and the Youth Olympic Games

How Canoe Sprint beat out Softball as a new Olympic sport is beyond me, not to mention that Snowboarding isn’t even in the Youth Olympic Games and Curling is. How the IOC keeps creeping backwards.

%u201CHow many video clips do you watch online per day on average?” 13-25-year-olds in North America Tell It Like It Is

Fresh data from Label Networks’ Digital Lifestyle Report ’09 reveals new trends in new media, communication, technology among youth culture.

Guerilla Gardening and Street Art -Turning Torn Ads Into Street Planters

Culture jamming meets recycling meets eco-friendly. If billboard advertisers did this from the start, you’d be they’d get cred.