Jim Liebelt's Youth Culture Watch

What's Hot? 8/27/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 8/27/10
   1. elin nordegren
   2. bisegrw
   3. heidi montag
   4. kat stacks
   5. macedonia
   6. quran online
   7. aaliyah
   8. prince poppycock
   9. miss universe 2010
  10. evelyn lozada
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 8/27/10
   1. Google
   2. Facebook
   3. Yahoo!
   4. YouTube
   5. Amazon
   6. Wikipedia
   7. Twitter
   8. Craigslist
   9. eBay
  10. Blogger
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 8/27/10
   1. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
   2. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
   3. Dynamite - Taio Cruz
   4. Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) - Eminem
   5. Erase Me (feat. Kanye West) - Kid Cudi
   6. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (feat. Pitbull) - Usher
   7. I Like It (feat. Pitbull) - Enrique Iglesias
   8. Just a Dream - Nelly
   9. Magic (feat. Rivers Cuomo) - B.o.B
  10. Right Above It (feat. Drake) - Lil Wayne
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 8/22/10
   1. NBC NFL Pre-Season 8/22
   2. America's Got Talent - Tue
   3. America's Got Talent - Wed
   4. NCIS
   5. 60 Minutes
   6. NBC NFL Pre-Season Pre-Kick 8/22
   7. Two and a Half Men
   8. The Big Bang Theory
   9. NCIS: Los Angeles
  10. Wipeout - Tue
Source: Nielsen Co

Top 5 Most Viewed Videos on YouTube - Week Ending 8/27/10
   1. Drake - Miss Me ft. Lil Wayne
   2. Pervert!
   3. Security Guard FAIL
   4. Wizards of Waverly Place **Spoof**
   5. The Last Exorcism - Best of Chatroulette reactions
Source: YouTube

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 8/19/10
   1. The Expendables
   2. Eat Pray Love
   3. The Other Guys
   4. Inception
   5. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Source: Box Office Mojo

What's Hot? 8/20/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 8/20/10
   1. justin bieber slowed down 800%
   2. punjab university
   3. pu.edu.pk
   4. michael douglas
   5. sonic boom
   6. danielle staub
   7. college rankings
   8. refahi.ir
   9. komo
  10. tila tequila
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 8/20/10
   1. Google
   2. Facebook
   3. Yahoo!
   4. YouTube
   5. Amazon
   6. Wikipedia
   7. Twitter
   8. Craigslist
   9. eBay
  10. Blogger (+1)
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 8/20/10
   1. Right Above It (feat. Drake) - Lil Wayne
   2. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
   3. Dynamite - Taio Cruz
   4. Just a Dream - Nelly
   5. Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) - Eminem
   6. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
   7. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (feat. Pitbull) - Usher
   8. I Like It (feat. Pitbull) - Enrique Iglesias
   9. Magic (feat. Rivers Cuomo) - B.o.B
  10. Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 8/15/10
   1. America's Got Talent - Wed
   2. America's Got Talent - Tue
   3. NCIS
   4. Two and a Half Men
   5. The Big Bang Theory
   6. 60 Minutes
   7. Wipeout - Tue
   8. Big Brother 12 - Sun
   9. NCIS: Los Angeles
  10. Hell's Kitchen
Source: Nielsen Co

Top 5 Most Viewed Videos on YouTube - Week Ending 8/20/10
   1. America's Got Talent - Jackie Evancho
   2. Maroon 5 - Give a Little More
   3. Amazing Roger Federer Trickshot
   4. Annoying Orange: Million Clones
   5. Awesome Sauce!
Source: YouTube

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 8/12/10
   1. The Other Guys
   2. Inception
   3. Step Up 3-D
   4. Salt
   5. Dinner for Schmucks
Source: Box Office Mojo

What's Hot? 8/13/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 8/13/10
   1. shane stirling
   2. teen choice awards
   3. patricia neal
   4. plentyoffish
   5. jodie fisher
   6. wedding dance
   7. 2010 teen choice awards
   8. montana fishburne
   9. bachelor pad
  10. bernie mac
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 8/13/10
   1. Google
   2. Facebook
   3. Yahoo!
   4. YouTube
   5. Amazon
   6. Wikipedia
   7. Twitter (+1)
   8. Craigslist (-1)
   9. eBay
  10. Windows Live
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 8/13/10
   1. Dynamite - Taio Cruz
   2. Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) - Eminem
   3. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
   4. I Like It (feat. Pitbull) - Enrique Iglesias
   5. Mine - Taylor Swift
   6. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (feat. Pitbull) - Usher
   7. Magic (feat. Rivers Cuomo) - B.o.B
   8. Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
   9. California Gurls - Katy Perry
  10. Ridin' Solo - Jason Derulo
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 8/8/10
   1. The Bachelorette
   2. The Bachelorette - After Rose
   3. NBC NFL Pre-Season
   4. 60 Minutes
   5. America's Got Talent - Tue
   6. NCIS
   7. America's Got Talent - Wed
   8. NBC NFL Pre-Season Pre-Kick
   9. The Big Bang Theory
  10. Two and a Half Men
Source: Nielsen Co

Top 5 Most Viewed Videos on YouTube - Week Ending 8/13/10
   1. Eminem - Love the Way You Lie
   2. Kanye West - POWER
   3. Justin Bieber Gets Nailed By Water Bottle
   4. In Soviet Russia...
   5. Call of Duty: Black Ops Teaser
Source: YouTube

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 8/5/10
   1. Inception
   2. Dinner for Schmucks
   3. Salt
   4. Despicable Me
   5. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Source: Box Office Mojo

What's Hot? 8/6/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 8/6/10
   1. monster high
   2. blackberry torch
   3. torosaurus
   4. bisegrw
   5. northern lights
   6. matric result 2010
   7. solar tsunami
   8. bachelorette
   9. brett favre
  10. gujranwala board
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 8/6/10
   1. Google
   2. Facebook
   3. Yahoo!
   4. YouTube
   5. Amazon
   6. Wikipedia
   7. Craigslist (+1)
   8. Twitter (-1)
   9. eBay
  10. Windows Live
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 8/6/10
   1. Mine - Taylor Swift
   2. Dynamite - Taio Cruz
   3. Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) - Eminem
   4. I Like It (feat. Pitbull) - Enrique Iglesias
   5. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
   6. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (feat. Pitbull) - Usher
   7. California Gurls - Katy Perry
   8. Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
   9. Ridin' Solo - Jason Derulo
  10. The Boys of Fall - Kenny Chesney
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 8/1/10
   1. NCIS
   2. The Bachelorette
   3. America's Got Talent - Wed
   4. America's Got Talent - Tue
   5. Two and a Half Men
   6. 60 Minutes
   7. The Big Bang Theory
   8. NCIS: Los Angeles
   9. The Mentalist
  10. Big Brother 12 - Sun
Source: Nielsen Co

Top 5 Most Viewed Videos on YouTube - Week Ending 8/6/10
   1. Bed Intruder Song
   2. The Word's Farthest Basketball Shot
   3. Want a Hug?
   4. High School Drama!!!
   5. Action!!!
Source: YouTube

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 7/29/10
   1. Inception
   2. Salt
   3. Despicable Me
   4. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
   5. Toy Story 3
Source: Box Office Mojo

What's Hot? 7/30/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 7/30/10
   1. melinda dennehy photos
   2. maury chaykin
   3. damon thomas
   4. wikileaks
   5. newegg
   6. jack tatum
   7. darryl stingley
   8. facebooklogin
   9. linda hogan
  10. ansel adams
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 7/30/10
   1. Google
   2. Facebook
   3. Yahoo!
   4. YouTube
   5. Amazon
   6. Wikipedia
   7. Twitter (+1)
   8. Craigslist (-1)
   9. eBay
  10. Windows Live
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 7/30/10
   1. Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) - Eminem
   2. Dynamite - Taio Cruz
   3. I Like It (feat. Pitbull) - Enrique Iglesias
   4. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
   5. DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (feat. Pitbull) - Usher
   6. California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) - Katy Perry
   7. Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
   8. Ridin' Solo - Jason Derulo
   9. Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams) - B.o.B
  10. Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 7/25/10
   1. America's Got Talent - Tue
   2. The Bachelorette
   3. America's Got Talent - Wed
   4. NCIS
   5. Wipeout - Tue
   6. Wipeout - Wed
   7. The Big Bang Theory
   8. 60 Minutes
   9. Two and a Half Men
  10. The Mentalist
Source: Nielsen Co

Top 5 Most Viewed Videos on YouTube - Week Ending 7/30/10
   1. StarCraft II - Ghosts of the Past Trailer
   2. What Passes for Excitement at an Orioles Game
   3. Gay! Gay! Gay!
   4. Batman!!!
   5. Flying Donkey Shocks Beachgoers
Source: YouTube

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 7/22/10
   1. Inception
   2. Despicable Me
   3. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
   4. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
   5. Toy Story 3
Source: Box Office Mojo

YouTube Scores 101 Online Videos Per Viewer in May

New data from comScore shows that 183 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during the month of May. YouTube.com achieved record levels of viewing activity with an all-time high of 14.6 billion videos viewed and surpassing the threshold of 100 videos per viewer for the first time.

U.S. Internet users watched nearly 34 billion videos in May, with Google Sites ranking as the top video property with 14.6 billion videos, representing 43.1% of all videos viewed online.

Source: Center for Media Research
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=131990#comments

Canadian Study: 7 Hours Per Day of Screen Time for Teens

A new Canadian study shows some teens spend 7 hours a day in front of computer and television screens. These findings are similar to the research released earlier this year about U.S. teens.

For parents who fret about the amount of time their kids devote to electronic media, consider this: In Ontario, hundreds of thousands of teens spend nearly seven hours a day staring at a computer or TV screen.

The number surprises even researchers familiar with this growing trend and is likely to take a serious toll not only on adolescents' physical health, but on their emotional and mental well-being as well.

“That’s a lot of time spent in front of a screen being sedentary,” said Robert Mann, a senior scientist at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, whose study revealed the new screen-time data. “That’s almost a third of the day.”

Public health officials such as the Canadian Paediatric Society recommend no screen time for children under two years of age and a maximum of two hours for children older than two.

The new statistic – 9.7 per cent of kids in Grade 7 to 12, or about 327,000 students, spend at least seven hours a day in front of a TV or computer – was released Monday as part of CAMH’s annual Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey. (The drug data was released in November.) Dr. Mann, the study’s co-principal investigator, says he was surprised by the results of the screen-time question, the first time it was included in the survey.

The study also did not connect screen time and long-term effects on mental health and cognitive function. But Dr. Mann noted that many of the students who logged long hours in front of a screen expressed feelings of unhappiness and experienced loss of sleep.

Source: The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/study-teens-spending-seven-hours-a-day-in-front-of-tvs-computers/article1637749/

MTV Movie Awards Review: Pushing the Limits

Our ministry colleague Jonathan McKee at The Source for Youth Ministry has posted a review of the MTV Movie Awards: "Pushing the Limits". As uncomfortable as it might make you, it's worth the read.

Source: The Source for Youth Ministry
http://www.thesource4ym.com/youthculturewindow/article.asp?id=144

College Students Struggle to Go Without Media for 24 Hours

Internet and media addiction is not officially a psychiatric disorder, but many college students still seem to be suffering from it. In a recent study done by the University of Maryland, students who were asked to give up their media connections experienced withdrawal symptoms similar to those seen in drug and alcohol addicts, including cravings, anxieties, and preoccupation to the point of being unable to function well.

The students were asked to give up all media for 24 hours, including text messages, TV shows, music, e-mail, and Facebook, and to do so on all sources, including cell phones. Some of the students equated the stipulation to being entirely socially closed off from friends and family.

Many experienced cravings and anxiety because of their temporarily cut ties. One student called their dependency "sickening"; another spoke of texting and IM-ing giving him "a constant feeling of comfort" and said that the moratorium made him feel "alone and secluded" from his own life.

Source: ars technica
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/04/college-students-struggle-to-go-without-media-for-24-hours.ars

What's Hot? 3/5/10

Top 10 Increasing Web Searches on Bing - 3/5/10
 1. crystal bowersox
 2. american idol
 3. nissan recall
 4. mega millions
 5. isagenix
 6. biggest loser
 7. jessica simpson
 8. roger ebert
 9. mezhgan hussainy
10. food network recipes
Source: Bing

Top 10 U.S. Websites - 3/5/10
 1. Google
 2. Facebook
 3. Yahoo!
 4. YouTube
 5. Wikipedia
 6. MySpace
 7. Blogger.com
 8. eBay
 9. Windows Live
10. craigslist.org
Source: Alexa

iTunes Top 10 Downloaded Songs - 3/5/10
 1. Break Your Heart (feat. Ludacris)
           - Taio Cruz
 2. Rude Boy
           - Rihanna
 3. Need You Now
           - Lady Antebellum
 4. Imma Be
           - Black Eyed Peas
 5. Hey, Soul Sister
           - Train
 6. Never Let You Go
           - Justin Bieber
 7. Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3)
           - Ke$ha
 8. In My Head
           - Jason Derulo
 9. Baby (feat. Ludacris)
            - Justin Bieber
10. BedRock
            - Young Money & Lloyd
Source: Apple iTunes

Top 10 TV Shows in Prime Time - Week Ending 2/28/10
 1. Wntr Olympics - Fri. Prime
 2. Wntr Olympics - Thur. Prime
 3. American Idol - Tuesday
 4. American Idol - Wednesday
 5. Wntr Olympics - Tue. Prime
 6. Wntr Olympics - Mon. Prime
 7. Wntr Olympics - Closing Cer
 8. Wntr Olympics - Wed. Prime
 9. Wntr Olympics - Sat. Prime
10. American Idol - Thursday
Source: Nielsen Co.

Top 5 Movies - Week Ending 2/25/10
 1. Shutter Island
 2. Avatar
 3. Valentine's Day
 4. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
 5. The Wolfman
Source: Box Office Mojo