Tag: Cultural Themes

Culture

Selfies Jump the Shark

What’s more dangerous: sharks or taking pictures of yourself? Now, you might think that those seemingly ferocious feeding machines Discovery Channel spends a week chronicling

Culture

Dealing With Death in the Digital Age

When I was growing up back in the 1980s, the whispering buzz among my peers would amp up when something particularly transgressive began to infiltrate

Culture

This Christianity Thing Could Catch On’

“So it’s not just Kirk Cameron and Stephen Baldwin and the kid from Two and a Half Men.” With A-list stars backing Jesus, who knows?

Music

P!nk Unleashed

P!nk got in touch with her inner Tipper Gore—the woman most responsible for getting parental advisory stickers slapped on music albums—after this year’s MTV Video

Miley, What’s Good?

Sunday’s MTV’s 2015 Video Music Awards were, naturally, again all about Miley Cyrus. She hosted it and managed to dominate it as only a savvy,

Culture

Identifying With Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus is no stranger to the Plugged In blog. She has been the topic of many conversations here. In fact, now that you mention it,

Culture

When Miley Met Hannah

We often talk about how pop culture—movies, music, video games, TV, the Internet—influences young people who consume it. But what about those who produce it?

Culture

Hang Up and … Walk?

By now, most of us know that texting while driving is a seriously bad idea. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, texting while

Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology

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