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...each aspect of pop culture marketed in the '50s? Usually, through its own medium. Kids learned about new things where they found the old things. They sampled comic books at the magazine rack in the local pharmacy (a word, and an institution, that vanished long ago); they heard music on the radio or at the record store; they saw previews of coming attractions at the movie theater. Newspapers ran movie ads, but TV networks didn...
...deserved the term adult entertainment. It delved responsibly into mature themes for a wide, grown-up audience. "Midnight Cowboy," which won the Oscar as best picture of 1969, was rated X; if you weren't at least 18, you couldn't see it. Same with such excellent films as "Medium Cool" and "The Devils." I don't remember mass complaints that kids couldn't see these movies. The idea then was that some things - intelligent films and, for that matter, the profits that came from them - were worth waiting...
...weaving class doesn't stand up," says Ann Kirschner, CEO of an online- education company called Fathom, which is set to launch this fall. "What people over 50 are looking for is expertise and social interaction, as well as convenience and cost. The Internet delivers that like no other medium...
...Take a good hard look at the course description. If it's poorly written, the course may be poorly organized. E-mail the instructor. She should get back to you promptly and be approachable." Also, find out in advance if the course takes full advantage of the Internet medium, says Acadio CEO Steve Sperry, and make sure you're equipped to take full advantage too. "Online courses have gone beyond slapping up a Web page and exchanging e-mail," Sperry says. "Now we can broadcast live lectures over streaming media. It's like a real classroom environment...
...half years after she took that first online course in improving her Web skills, Brenda Andradzki Elliott is still finding meaning in the subject and the medium. She's teaching her own online class on alternative medicine at ThirdAge.com...