Category: Young Adults

  • Sahar Azimi Joins Touchstone Research as Research Associate

    Michigan– June 8th, 2022 – Touchstone Research announced today that Sahar Azimi has joined the firm as Research Associate on TSR’s qualitative research division.  Sahar will work closely with TSR’s youth and family, media entertainment and technology clients to help execute a wide range of innovative qualitative research studies.  Sahar is among 17 new hires…

  • Introducing Shots of Me, the New Selfie-Sharing App Backed by Justin Bieber

    Introducing Shots of Me, the New Selfie-Sharing App Backed by Justin Bieber

    Every so often, a cultural trend becomes a phenomenon. Malcolm Gladwell called it the tipping point. General nostalgia classically refers to it as the zeitgeist. And, alas, surely as Chuck Taylors compliment skinny jeans, sometimes these phenomena meet, the wake of which leaves us in a changed world. Enter Shots of Me, the spanking new…

  • Tumblr, Snapchat and an Online Exodus [TEENS]

    Tumblr, Snapchat and an Online Exodus [TEENS]

    Is Facebook losing its hold on the younger generations? Like the OJ verdict and the Clinton-Lewinski scandal, I’ll never forget where I was the first time my mom friend-requested me on Facebook. There was bellyaching, groaning, and any number of other visceral reactions to the same moment in time. We all experienced it – our…

  • The Tech-Savvy Shopper – Millennials using Smart Phones to find the Best Deals

    It is Thanksgiving eve. I stand daydreaming in a long line at the grocery store, and am suddenly yanked from my pre-holiday reverie when I notice the person being checked out is playing with his phone. His phone! In line! Egregious. Inconsiderate. Unacceptably rude to hold up a line because you can’t put your phone…

  • Young adults, parents and social media

    Here is a study we conducted with Nickelodeon and Insight Research Group that was featured in Nickeldeon’s Kaleidoscope in Kidscreen™ magazine. The topic of this study was “Young adults, Parents, and Social Media”. In last month’s Kaleidoscope, we explored social media and the role it plays in kids’ and teens’ lives. After coming away with…