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College students and other young adults today are experiencing high levels of stress as they pursue personal, educational, and career goals. In recent years there has been increased awareness of the seriousness of these struggles, which may increase the risk of psychological distress and mental illness among this age group now commonly referred to as “emerging adults.” Scientific research has shown that practicing mindfulness can help manage stress and enhance quality of life, but traditional methods of teaching mindfulness and meditation are not always effective for emerging adults. Mindfulness for the Next Generation is an easy-to-use guide that details Koru Mindfulness, a curriculum developed at Duke University, designed specifically for teaching mindfulness to emerging adults. Koru has been tested and shown to be effective for helping this age group learn the practice of mindfulness. Koru is now used at hundreds of universities in the United States and abroad. In Mindfulness for the Next Generation, authors Holly Rogers and Margaret Maytan, the developers of the Koru program, discuss the unique challenges emerging adults face, review the research on Koru and mindfulness in general for this population, and provide an overview of the Koru curriculum. This book is the primary resource for individuals learning to teach the Koru curriculum.

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The first of two volumes on YouTube and music focuses on how sonic cyberculture has become embedded within everyday life. As the main platform for video sharing since its launch back in 2005, YouTube has amassed unquantifiable amounts of audiovisual content that have been produced, shared, transformed, downloaded and consumed by billions of users worldwide, making YouTube as a central hub for contemporary media. As an online space that provides new formats for content production and sharing, the platform operates as a portal into the social, political and cultural spectra of everyday life, creating new work logics and forms of labour (from DIY to self-made YouTube celebrities), creative communities and social bubbles in cyberspace. Music and sound have played a vital role within this emergent and democratised space. In this volume, 13 authors from several different countries examine how music has been created and used by YouTube users to establish and a promote a narrative for their daily lives. The digital platform has been used to create and disseminate sonic and emotional soundscapes, to stage performances and build artistic (cyber)identity, to engage in producing and circulating aural content for composing and teaching, and even to customize listening habits. This volume mixes long and short essays to explore these interactions from a variety of angles, from YouTube users’ comments to online collaborations between composers and listeners and virtual stages for real and imagined performances.