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Family Media Surprise
For generations, parents have told their kids, “Shut off the TV and go outside!” And in the last decade or so, we can add iPods,
Movie Monday: Super Bummer Weekend
It was a middling weekend at the box office—both in terms of the offerings moviegoers might hope to find there and the returns those films
A Zettabyte Is Big. Really Big.
A colleague and I sometimes laugh about weird headlines. My favorites from the past week or so include “Fearsome Lawn Ornament Shot Dead by Cops,”
Marveling at a One-Rating World
“Is the PG-13 rating helping or hurting families?” That’s the question I posed in an article published in Plugged In magazine in the summer of
World of Divorcecraft
Can video games instigate a divorce? According to a study by the website Divorce Online, the answer—in a small but growing number of marriages—is apparently
Your Sniffer or Your Smartphone?
Even though I was an English major, I still took two classes in anatomy and physiology in college. In addition to memorizing the names of
Movie Monday: X-Men First
Just because X-Men was the fittest of the flock and more than just survived the weekend box office race does not mean that Darwin was
Scary News, Scared Kids?
We all know about the power of media to influence our perspective on reality. Even so, sometimes I see that lesson illustrated in ways that
The Current Cautionary Call
Let’s face facts. If you take everything we watch, read and hear at face value, our modern life is out to get us. It’s like
Chasing Death for 15 Minutes of Fame
There are professional storm-chaser videos, and then there are WHAT-are-you-thinking-you-lunatic storm–chaser videos. Not long after the most recent siege of devastating tornados ripped across the
About Us
Good media discernment is about guarding our eyes and hearts before we watch or listen. And it’s also about grappling with the entertainment we do see or hear. That’s why the Plugged In Blog is devoted to guarding, discussing and grappling. About Plugged In >>