When my tween says, “Forward that to me, will ya mom?” I know I’ve landed on a site that’s caught her eye, so if this real-time data tracking techno tool is ancient news for you on the 'forward to a friend' circuit, bear with me. Worldometers come in a variety of forms and factoids, clicking off rapid fire statistics from teen pregnancies, health info … [Read more...]
I’m going to take a break from ‘fumin’ over the "Manhunt 2" meltdown (which has predictably escalated into a free speech and censorship brouhaha) and send you to some very logical gamer commentary posted on Joystiq and Game Politics if you want to carry on that dialogue, so enough fuming there... Let’s take a peek at THIS cute little "Fuming Fuji" … [Read more...]
Update 2013: It's been 6 years since I wrote this piece and my views remain the same; 'corollary vs causation' arguments, context, ratings and research (handy: 25 studies on media violence) STILL remains less of interest to me than the basic 'why are we creating market demand for thrill to kill content in the first place, when we could better spend that money, clout, political … [Read more...]
Can it be? Is it so? Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus!! Ah, the power of first strike offense. Truly amazing. This just in from the gang at CCFC…Press release only, I'll follow up via policy folks when Shaping Youth interviews some Washington nutrition experts tomorrow (Friday at 5pm EST) as well as local food policy folks to weigh in on whether it's substance or … [Read more...]
June 15, 2017 Update for Father's Day 2017! Author of "All In," Josh Levs, offers this worthwhile related feature via MediaShift.org titled "An Online Battle to Correct the Media About Dads." He also created a handy mythbusting interactive "tool" shining light on facts vs fiction in the pop culture public arena of advertising and entertainment. Clearly dads are NOT "tools" … [Read more...]
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