Plugged In

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Plugged In
Categories Christianity
Company Focus on the Family
Country  United States
Language English
Spanish
Website Plugged In Online
This article is about the magazine Plugged In. For the Dave Edmunds album, see Plugged In (album).

Plugged In is a monthly magazine published by Focus on the Family,[1] which reviews movies, music, general media, and pop cultural issues from a conservative Christian perspective. A religious counterpart to magazines such as Entertainment Weekly and Teen People; their reviews focus on evaluating the morals of movies as well as their artistic value.

Plugged In also notes if a movie contains subtle negative or provocative messages woven into the movie. The Passion of the Christ is a notable exception, as are a few others such as Saving Private Ryan, in that it received positive reviews despite containing a large amount of graphic violence, normally a negative aspect in the magazine. There are four main areas that Plugged In covers: movies, music, video games,[2] and television (books make appearances occasionally).

[edit] Staff

  • Bob Smithouser[3] - Editor
  • Steven Isaac - Online Editor
  • Adam R. Holz - Associate Editor
  • Marcus Yoars - Associate Editor
  • Bob Hoose - Associate Editor
  • Kevin Simpson - Designer
  • Bob Waliszewski - Director
  • Jim Daly - President
  • James Dobson - Founder

[edit] References

  1. ^ Banks, Adelle M. (November 18, 2008). "Focus on the Family cuts 200 jobs". Religion News Service. USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-11-18-focus-family_N.htm. Retrieved March 12, 2009. 
  2. ^ Gorski, Eric (July 10, 2005). "Focus' family tree sows seeds personal, political". The Denver Post. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10B4C7567952F128&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D. Retrieved March 12, 2009. 
  3. ^ Overstreet, Jeffrey (March 1, 2004). "Film Forum: The First Official Passion of the Christ Reviews ... and 50 First Dates". Christianity Today. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/februaryweb-only/2-16-43.0.html?start=4. Retrieved March 12, 2009. 

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