tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52702734239053624802024-11-01T02:42:40.378-07:00Analysis of Pop Culture Trends, Online Trends, Recent Trends | Recently TrendyOffering a unique perspective on popular culture, this blog analyzes pop culture trends, online trends, and the most recent trends. What is the explanation behind the latest phenomenons? More importantly, what drives modernity forward?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-22754309303855023562011-07-03T15:59:00.000-07:002011-07-03T15:59:23.446-07:00What Is Google+? Introducing the New Evolution of Social Media
Big changes are coming to Google.
You may have noticed the many drastic changes to the Google interface over the past several weeks. First, there was the big striking black navigation bar on top of the screen. Then, the left sidebar menu changed its font, colour, size and iconography. This is followed by the integration of the "+1" button next to your search results, not to be mistaken with its Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-34418393126073467172011-06-20T23:13:00.000-07:002011-06-21T00:09:33.262-07:00All About Adele - A Review of Adele's Music, Career and Life
Her name is Adele.
If you turned on the radio at any time in the past several months, you probably have heard of this musical prodigy, who is currently dominating the radio airwaves, the Billboard charts, and the music industry as a whole. The English singer-songwriter debuted a few years ago and instantly reached critical acclaim for demonstrating a masterful control over her raw, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-53026756164590950352011-05-03T04:01:00.000-07:002011-06-21T00:09:49.861-07:00Canada Election 2011 Trends – Still Stephen Harper, Eh?
Good morning Canada, and welcome to a Conservative majority government!
This blog usually focuses on analyzing American pop culture trends, but I am just a big ole Canadian at heart and these political elections are always so fun to discuss afterwards. Of course, the 2011 election probably seems irrelevant and meaningless to any foreigners outside of Canada, especially since there aren't aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-26086617275753111202011-04-28T18:03:00.000-07:002011-04-29T05:00:57.054-07:00Tablet PCs - The Next Generation of Mobile Computers
Make your predictions now, techies. How long until laptops are completely phased out by tablet PCs?
It might be way too early to claim all laptops are obsolete, but there is certainly an expanding market for tablet computers in recent times. According to the Olswang Convergence Survey 2011, around 5% of Americans own a tablet computer of some kind. The increased usage and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-33015092722773718432011-04-18T17:34:00.000-07:002011-05-01T14:10:13.877-07:00The Era of TV Talent Competitions – One Winner, Many Fading Stars
Nobody can stop the American Idol juggernaut.
When the notorious judge Simon Cowell announced his departure in 2010, many dissenters thought this would finally spell the doom for American Idol. Instead, the talent show remains prominent in its viewership entering into the tenth season. Currently the most watched program on TV, this musical competition generates over twenty million Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-57329103274370431972011-03-19T10:21:00.000-07:002011-06-21T14:58:37.999-07:00The Rebecca Black Story – A Commentary on the Pop Music Industry
Rebecca Black became famous for all the wrong reasons.
In the age of social media, where unknown artists are constantly discovered online, it is easy for anyone to post a music video on Youtube, but much harder to get noticed among the many others vying for the same ambitions. How does one distinguish themselves from all the wannabe musicians on the Internet? The thirteen-year-old Rebecca Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-28753572372884777602011-03-13T03:25:00.000-07:002011-03-19T10:45:47.224-07:00You Are Fired, Charlie Sheen - Analyzing Celebrity Notoriety
How will the fifteen million Americans survive without the uncouth presence of Charlie Sheen on their television screens?
It was the firing that took the entertainment industry and popular culture by storm. The notorious Charlie Sheen, television's highest paying actor, was terminated from his employment at CBS/Warner Brothers after his multiple public altercations with Two and a Half MenUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-80651981884170395122011-02-20T12:30:00.000-08:002011-02-20T15:31:10.951-08:00The Popularity of Superhero Movies - Unmasking the Superhero Icon
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Look, it's a bird...it's a plane, no it's another superhero movie coming to a cinema near you.
Over the past decade, the American film industry has been churning out superhero movies at a rapid and frequent pace. In between the years of 2011-2012, we can expect at least ten mainstream superhero films to hit the big silver screen. Such titles include the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-21223583942392351512011-01-16T15:33:00.000-08:002011-01-16T17:26:39.140-08:00Motion Gaming - How Video Games Interacted with the Masses
You gotta love the Wii.
It was a three-lettered nonsensical word that revolutionized the video gaming industry. Wii was not the first platform that introduced motion gaming to the masses, but it certainly was the leader in popularizing the idea to a widespread consumer market. Since its product launch in 2006, this video gaming console has sold over 75 million copies worldwide. Fellow Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-91550419446213678942010-11-13T09:59:00.000-08:002011-01-16T15:34:28.813-08:00Glorifying Social Media - When Twitter Met Television
Welcome to the age of social media, where we are one with the Internet.
There is no denying the prominence of Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter over the past couple of years. Although these social media platforms did not exist a decade ago, they are now firmly integrated into modern society. In fact, it is incredible how much our lives are influenced by social media. We not only communicate Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-61772043593690143612010-10-26T12:19:00.000-07:002011-02-20T15:42:13.038-08:00Old Ladies with Spunk – A Love Letter to Betty White
Dear Betty White,
I was not part of the Facebook campaign. I was not part of the movement that pushed you to a hosting gig on Saturday Day Live. Regrettably, being part of the ignorant and self-absorbed generation, I was not aware of your presence or your legacy until recent times. I have caught glimpses of you though - you were the scene stealer in The Proposal, you starred in that Super Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-68771742710589487192010-09-19T02:46:00.000-07:002010-09-19T04:22:42.856-07:00Explaining the Bieber Fever – Who is Justin Bieber?
Seriously, what is the deal with Justin Bieber?
The sixteen-year-old is technically a singer, but he is better known as an unstoppable online icon and prodigious teenage sensation. Recent Twitter studies have shown that 3% of the microblogging servers are dedicated to him, and his name is mentioned 60 times per second during peak hours. To put this statistic in perspective, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-54674229896199249502010-08-24T23:43:00.000-07:002010-09-19T04:14:54.006-07:00Into the Third Dimension – The Appeal of 3-D Entertainment
Remember a time when 3-D movies did not used to be popular?
For the past few decades, various forms of three-dimensional entertainment have only appealed to a selective niche market. They were mostly contained within amusement parks, targeted towards children and their parents during the typical family summer vacation. These 3-D movies never hit it off in mainstream culture, becauseUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-60920509224367454752010-07-18T21:41:00.000-07:002010-09-19T04:13:10.952-07:00Vampires - A Modern Phenomenon with the Supernatural
There are vampires among us.
What should have been a daunting statement now seems rather trivial, due to the overexposure of these mythical creatures in our modern society. Vampires exist not only in our literature, but also in our television shows, our cinema screens, and of course our Halloween parties. Lately, there seems to be no escape from these fanged Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-68268649331908168262010-06-15T21:51:00.000-07:002010-09-19T04:14:00.354-07:00Love in Reality Television – Celebrating Adultery and False Romances
Romance is dead in reality television.
After twenty collective seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, one must wonder if any actual romance existed in the first place. There is definitely lust among the contestants, as evident by the multitude of make out sessions per episode, but can meaningful relationships blossom beyond the initial physical attraction? Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270273423905362480.post-54964990199434248912010-05-10T15:17:00.000-07:002010-09-19T04:19:41.586-07:00The Lady Gaga Phenomenon – Attention Please!
Lady Gaga sure loves the media attention.
Several years ago, the phenomenon that is Gaga barely registered on anybody’s radar. She was an unknown entity in the music industry, performing at small public arenas with little recognition. It took nearly three years of struggle before her first album The Fame was released. True to the title, this marked the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0