10 Obsessions of 2010

The definition of a 2010 obsession: a person, a pop-culture phenomenon, a political party, a gadget, or a pesty plague that spurred constant online monitoring and obsessive tangential searches. Obsessions in 2010 inspired constant Web surveillance (just when is the new iPhone coming out?) and vigilance for getting the scoop when a key moment came (order in the court, here comes Lindsay).

8. Tea Party

7. Bedbugs

6. Facebook

4. “Glee”

3. iPad

1. iPhone

5. “Jersey Shore”

9. Silly Bandz

10. Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl”

2. Lindsay Lohan

1. iPhone
2. Lindsay Lohan
3. iPad
4. “Glee”
5. “Jersey Shore”
6. Facebook
7. Bedbugs
8. Tea Party
9. Silly Bandz
10. Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl”