“If you look not just at the Arab spring, but at what I call the youth spring that has started in Europe, young people are starting to find a voice, and they are not looking to the traditional media to reflect that.” PeopleIfsLooksYoungVoiceMediaYouthSpringEuropeStartingTraditionalArab Spring Author:Shane Smith
“Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very young age, with mobile phones, tablets, the Web or social media. They are much more proficient with technology than prior generations since they use it for all their school work, communication and entertainment.” UseAgeTodaySchoolYoungSocialTechnologyGenerationsMediaCommunicationPhonesEntertainmentSocial MediaExposedYoung WomenYoung AgeMobileTabletsMobile PhonesSchool Work Author:Susan Wojcicki
“Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.” PeopleYoungCultureForceDealsConditionsMediaJudgingPopsOverbearingCelebrity Life Author:Lady Gaga
“That was a foul, young lady. You know that was a foul. Don't ask dumb questions.” KnowsYoungAsksMediaDumbNbaFoulYoung LadiesDumb Questions Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“People have different emotional levels. Especially when you're young. Back then I guess most of my influences could be thought of as eccentric. Mass media had no overwhelming reach so I was drawn to the traveling performers passing through.” PeopleDifferentYoungLevelsInfluenceMediaEmotionalMassPassingPassingsPerformersOverwhelmingEccentricMass MediaPassing Through Author:Bob Dylan
“Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their lives.” PeopleKindMeanYoungGirlMediaMessagesAll KindsOlder Women Author:Carre Otis
“Kids should speak to each other. They're horrid to each other online, they bully each other - they should shut up and stop it. The problem with social media is there is too much freedom. It's too much, too young.” ShouldProblemKidsYoungSpeakSocialToo MuchMediaSocial MediaOnlineShut UpBully Author:Cara Delevingne
“When people see opportunity, when they have a sense of control of their own destiny, then they're less vulnerable to the propaganda and twisted ideologies that have been attracting young people - particularly being turbocharged through social media.” PeopleHas BeensYoungOpportunitySocialDestinyMediaSocial MediaIdeologyVulnerablePropagandaTwisted Author:Barack Obama
“History is so fleeting and we are so busy consuming media and the contemporary culture, voraciously gobbling it up, that we have no room to look back ever, and our young people have a tough time looking back.” PeopleLooksYoungCultureRoomsMediaToughBusyContemporaryLooking BackFleetingTough TimesConsuming Author:Steven Spielberg
“In an age of social media and content being key, it's important to change the mold where you have $100,000 to $150,000 for one video. I hired some guys that are young, just out of college, and we used some new, far-less-expensive cameras and technology to make videos.” ImportantAgeYoungUsedGuySocialTechnologyMediaCollegeKeysCamerasSocial MediaVideoExpensiveMold Author:Ronnie Dunn
“I always hope that young people will think for themselves and also most importantly, understand that they should judge themselves on their own merit, their good deeds, however simple, to not judge themselves by what they have materially, by what other people think of them, through social media.” PeopleThinkingShouldYoungSocialSimpleMediaJudgingDeedsSocial MediaMeritGood Deeds Author:Patti Smith
“The main thing is media attention which is good publicity for the sport. As I'm the only women in this championship I would like to think that it encourages other young females to get into it. Also the media helps me in getting sponsorship.” ThinkingHelpingYoungSportsAttentionMediaFemaleHelp MeChampionshipPublicitySponsorship Author:Liz Halliday
“I want to use film to tell stories that need to be told to spark discussions that will lead to change. I really want to see a change in the mindset of youth, how they see themselves and how they value life. Young audiences will be able to see themselves in this film and older audiences will gain an understanding of what their kids are dealing with on a daily basis. Kids discuss what they see on TV, social media, film so I want to create content that they will discuss and will change the way they think.” ThinkingWayWantNeedsStoriesUseKidsAbleFilmYoungValuesSocialUnderstandingAudienceMediaYouthTvsGainsBasesSocial MediaMindsetDiscussionSparks Author:Jamie Hector
“There are distractions, all around. There's so much media, for a young kid to battle against, to get to something soulful. You have to make a decision, on your own, what you can take from these people, if you can dig deeper. It's nice to be able to let people dig deeper.” PeopleIfsKidsAbleYoungDecisionNiceMediaBattleDeeperDistractionSoulfulDig Deep Author:Jack White
“People always - I think were surprised about me connecting with folks in small town Iowa. And the reason I did was - first of all, I had the benefit that at the time nobody expected me to win. And so I wasn't viewed through this prism of Fox News and conservative media making me scary. At the time, I didn't think seem scary, other than just having a funny name. I seemed young.” PeopleThinkingFirstsReasonSeemsYoungWinningNamesMediaBenefitsNewsTownsFolksConservativeScaryExpectedFoxesSmall TownConnectingIowaFox NewsPrismsFunny Name Author:Barack Obama
“Certain media attracts more pulpy or low-brow things, especially when they're young. Finding the best story, in any particular medium, is going to be as good, in any other medium.” StoriesYoungCertainMediaParticularFindingsLowsMediumsBrows Author:Corey Stoll
“[While] physically traveling someplace or experiencing someplace firsthand, physically versus - which is what a lot of young people do - the experience is mitigated through technology and through social media.” PeopleYoungSocialTechnologyMediaSocial MediaVersus Author:Marco Brambilla
“In the age of social media, you have the selfie and some people - not always young people - seem obsessed with showing the world what their face looks like almost every day. Just like some people are obsessed with showing the world what their dinner looks like. It's beyond my understanding to be honest.” PeopleWorldLooksSeemsAgeFacesYoungSocialUnderstandingHonestMediaSocial MediaDinnerBeing HonestObsessed Author:Derek Ridgers
“I began to firmly change my mind when I saw how young Egyptians used Facebook, for example, to begin to coalesce their social justice movement in their country. And a good Iranian friend of mine showed me how also in Iran, till the government shut it down, much was communicated via social media. So I'm not against. I use the internet regularly to do research. It's great but you have to use your discernment, especially if researching content.” IfsMindCountryUseGovernmentYoungUsedSocialJusticeSawsMediaExampleMovementMinesInternetResearchSocial JusticeSocial MediaIranDiscernmentIranian Author:Micheline Aharonian Marcom
“Bernie Sanders has done a great job of, social media black kids know about him. Young black people progressives know about him. Through barbershops and barbershop tour that we have been on, we hit three barbershops a day. People know about him.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensDoneKidsJobsYoungThreeSocialBlackMediaSocial MediaBlack PeopleGreat JobBarbershop Author:Killer Mike
“I wanted to create a film that hadn't been created yet. I studied film for many years. The Room is almost 20 years of my work. You see, I understand young people unlike the media. I don't expect people to love The Room 100% but I respect that people enjoy it and that maybe it opens certain doors for them. That's what makes me happy.” PeopleYearsWantedFilmYoungCertainEnjoyRoomsDoorsMediaMake Me Happy Author:Tommy Wiseau
“People seem to think, because of the way that the media has appropriated third-wave feminism or young feminism, that all young feminists are about is like pole dancing and girls gone wild and how empowering it is. Like they'll start calling anything feminist.” PeopleThinkingWaySeemsYoungGirlGoneFeminismMediaCallingThirdsDancingWaveFeministEmpoweringPole Dancing Author:Jessica Valenti
“At my age I can handle people writing junk about me on social media, but I sometimes air "mean tweets" on my show to highlight how destructive this meanness and bullying is to young people. I know how devastating it is for a young person to be the victim of such ugliness.” PeopleKnowsWritingMeanPersonsI CanSometimesShowsAgeYoungSocialKnow HowAirMediaVictimSocial MediaHandleDestructiveBullyingUglinessJunkTweetHighlightsMeanness Author:Gretchen Carlson
“I haven't had surgery. I've had my teeth done, which was a massive insecurity for me. But I'm one hundred percent happy. It's difficult, not just for people in the media, but for everyone - young girls and boys - especially in high school.” PeopleDoneSchoolYoungGirlDifficultBoysMediaHavensPercentHundredHigh SchoolTeethInsecurityMassiveSurgeryBoy And Girl Author:Cher Lloyd
“I'm a young woman who lives in a world of social media; I'll post boring things too!” WorldYoungSocialMediaBoringSocial MediaPostsYoung WomenBoring Things Author:Emily Ratajkowski
“Polls are now even more meaningless than ever... there was the case of Ronnie O'Brien, the young footballer who incredibly found himself at Juventus, and even more incredibly found himself in the running to win an internet poll of the great club's greatest ever player. The curse ironically struck O'Brien a second time when he was at one point leading Time magazine's list of the Greatest People Of The 20th Century. The error in the polling was soon rectified and O'Brien, happily, is leading a highly successful career playing pro-football with FC Dallas in the American soccer league.” PeopleRunningYoungFoundWinningCareersCasesSuccessfulPlayerFansCenturyMediaFootballInternetErrorsClubsListsMagazinesSoccerLeagueCurseMeaningless20th CenturyPollsFootballerDallasPro FootballPollingSuccessful CareerTime MagazineJuventus Author:Ian O'Doherty
“Social media and young people, art, music, all communications make this one of the most active times for activism. It will be a time of change.” PeopleArtYoungSocialMediaCommunicationSocial MediaActiveActivismArt Music Author:Neil Young
“[Some young athletes] get home, look at social media, and they have thousands of people ripping it out of them, telling them that they're terrible at their profession, they hope they lose their next match or fight.It's hugely negative and unless you can rise above it and pay no attention, it can have a very serious impact on that person's state of mind.” PeopleMindLooksPersonsStatesHomeYoungFightingNextSocialLosesPayAttentionMediaSeriousTerribleNegativeImpactAthleteSocial MediaProfessionState Of MindRise AboveYoung AthletesRise Above It Author:David Haye