Video killed the radio star, Internet killed the MTV VJ
Categories: Connect
MTV is running a contest to fill the gaping holes left in our hearts by the departure of VJ favorites Carson Daly, La La Vasquez and Quddus (and, you know, actual music videos from the network’s airwaves) with something new – a Twitter Jockey.
Gen Y’s Guilty Pleasure
Categories: Live
Whether or not we care to admit it, our generation is utterly obsessed with reality television. Ever since MTV hooked us to the Real World, we’ve been transfixed by the industry and have grown up watching the phenomenon flourish. It goes way beyond simply watching TV; the reality culture is ingrained in our daily lives. [...]
Millennial Media Suffocation
Categories: Connect
At times, I cannot hear myself breath nor think as I nervously reach for my pocket to make sure I have my phone. For a generation guided by constant communication, my friends and I experience daily a world that awakens us with a customized ring tone alarm and continues with constant messages throughout the day [...]
Why Glee?
Categories: Live
Why is Fox’s hour-long musical comedy so popular? Does it make sense that strains of the high school glee club’s version of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” should haunt me as I go about my day? I attend Emerson College, a top musical theatre school, and this show has caused my fellow classmates to go absolutely [...]
