Russell Dalton, a political science professor at the University of California, Irvine, credits distrust in government with the substantial percentage of Generation Y citizens who would rather spend hours creating a viral campaign video than cast a ballot.

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In the second quarter of 2009, there were nearly 40 million downloads and streams of V CAST video and music.

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In addition, V CAST Video from Verizon Wireless brings more than 100 full-length TV series from leading broadcast and cable providers to wireless phones.

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We're so there, which is why we harrassed Verizon Wireless into sending us LG's VX8000 cameraphone so we could check out their new V CAST wireless video-on-demand service.

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Polygon, with a star-studded cast (at least in the video game blogging world) that includes the former editors-in-chief at three top competitors, is the latest big move for Vox Media, the relatively new parent company of SB Nation, The Verge, and Polygon.

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Activision has hired a cast of actors from film and television to bring the two new Marvel video games to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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Ritchie directed the video for Madonna's "What it Feels Like for a Girl" and cast her in the lead role in 2002's "Swept Away", a remake of a 1974 Italian film of the same name.

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French director Damien Baroghel submitted a short and simple video showing a man talking to a friend on his phone, and simultaneously stopping by an ATM to cast his vote on election day.

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Tokyo-based Canon is hoping to cast a wide net with the Elura models, claiming they will be useful for both photography and video.

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