No, seriously.
She’s dark-shade wearing, iced-out, 79-year-old grandmother who raps about kicking “fannies” and downloading music. Angela Pusateri, of Hallandale Beach, even has MySpace and Facebook pages. Talk about generational convergence.
Only 35 percent of Internet users are over 65, according to Pew Internet & American Life Project. That age group tends to be newspapers’ core readership not their Web sites core viewership.
The difference can be seen in the SunSentinel print versus online stories about Granny Rapper. The main distinction: Granny Rapper rapping. In print, we can only read her lyrics. Online, we get to watch her spit fire, well, as much fire as a septuagenarian can spit.
Look.
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Love this story. And the blogger is right. The on-line version brings a new element we miss out on in the print version.
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