LISTEN TO THE PLUGGED IN SHOW, EPISODE 228
If you’ve been hanging out with us for a while, you know that we at Plugged In believe entertainment impacts us deeply. It affects what we think, how we feel and even what we believe. But while entertainment influences us mightily, different forms of it influence us in mighty different ways.
Take a favorite song. The tune might just last three minutes. But if we’re in the middle of a painful breakup and that song describes just how we’re feeling, we might listen to that three-minute song about a thousand times during a weekend.
Or consider a video game. Your average shooter might not have the emotional angst of that breakup song. But instead of passively listening to it while we sit in our bedrooms, we’re actively engaged in, y’know, shooting stuff. And we might go on shooting stuff for dozens, or even hundreds, of hours before we move on to the next game.
Both that song and that game impact those of us who engage with it. But each taps into a different part of the brain, plays on different emotions and impacts us in very different ways.
And our strategy for how to deal with those different forms of media needs to be tweaked accordingly, too.
We talk a lot about this dynamic in our new book, Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family. But we’ve got more to say. Our panel of experts—Bob Hoose, Kristin Smith and Jonathan McKee—joins our host Adam Holz to discuss these different forms of entertainment and the different strategies each requires.
And then, Adam talks with someone who knows all about the influence of entertainment: Christian music superstar Rebecca St. James. She and her equally musical brothers, Joel and Luke Smallbone, otherwise known as For King & Country, are the subjects of a new movie called Unsung Hero, which focuses especially on the siblings’ dad, David. Accordingly, St. James talks about the film, her family and how she herself has navigated the sometimes high-pressure entertainment industry.
So join us, will you? Listen to what we have to say. And once we’re done jabbing, take a turn yourself. Let us know what form of entertainment is particularly enticing to you on Facebook, or Instagram, or by sending us an email at [email protected]. Or leave us a voicemail on our podcast homepage. And then, get ready for another dynamic Plugged In Show episode next week.
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Good article.
What are the distinctive ways in which different forms of entertainment impact our emotions and thoughts, as mentioned in the episode?
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