Youth Culture Update: iBaby

Two-year-olds can't do much. They can't walk that well. They can't tie their shoes. The potty is, for many of them, still a mysterious and frightening whooshing machine. Yet they're right at home with Mommy and...

Youth Culture Update: The Fizz is Fizzling

Years ago, Pepsi called itself "the choice of a new generation," but that's no longer true for Pepsi or any other soda maker. Sales of those carbonated, sugary drinks are sinking thanks in part to more vigilant...

Youth Culture Update: Getting a Bum Rap?

If a rapper tells the world he killed someone in a song, should that be taken as a confession?That question, and many others similar in nature, are being asked across the country. Courtrooms are filling with ga...

Youth Culture Update: Play to be Paid?

College student-athletes have the right to unionize according to a recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling, which was handed down in March 2014 by a regional director of the board, cou...

Youth Culture Update: Mileyology

Students at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., will have an opportunity to take a class called "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender and Media." The class will use Cyrus as a lens through ...

Youth Culture Update: Media Matters

Teens spend nearly 18 hours with media a day, according to a new survey by Ipsos Media. About 30 percent of that time is spent perusing content created by their friends. That's nearly as much time as the averag...