This article is about the magazine and website Plugged In. For the Dave Edmunds album, see
Plugged In (album).
Plugged In was a monthly magazine published by Focus on the Family. Its print version was discontinued and now it survives as a web site, Plugged In Online.[1]
Plugged In reviewed 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 focused on evaluating the morals of movies as well as their family-friendliness. Plugged In also noted if a movie contains subtle negative or provocative messages woven into the movie. The Passion of the Christ was a notable exception, as were 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 covered: movies, music, video games,[2] and television (books made appearances occasionally).
Plugged In Online continues what the magazine did, reviewing movies, music, television, and video games, and also has a weekly podcast, a blog, and an email newsletter.
- 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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