Moral Dilemmas in Venerating Cultural Icons

Writing for a recent issue of Harper’s magazine, professor Margo Jefferson delves into the moral dilemmas many face when a cultural icon crashes ...

Romantic Comedies Set Us Up for Disappointment

A steady diet of romantic sitcom movies sets us up to be disappointed with the imperfect love of spouses or family.

That's the conclusion lead researcher ...

The Average American Baby Watches Nearly 3 Hours of TV Daily

Children are spending more time than ever in front of a screen, and it doesn't necessarily bode well for their futures. In 1997, babies and toddlers ...

Police Called on Clever Juvenile Entrepreneur

Solving a common entrepreneurial challenge, eleven-year-old Seth Parker found an easy way to generate interest in his fledgling enterprise, and all he ...

Humanity Spent Four Billion Hours Watching Porn in One Year

We spend four billion hours a year watching porn. Sorry. I've just understated the problem. We dedicated well over four and a half billion hours to ...

How Do We Relax?

How do we relax? Mostly through the escapism offered by movies, TV, and the Internet. 41% enjoy superhero movies (Morning Consult). Almost all of us like ...

Technologists Have Decided ‘No Phones for Our Children’

The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it. Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided they don’t ...

While You Watch TV, Your TV is Watching You

Your social media accounts are tracking you. Now The New York Timesrecently released an exposÉ on the data mining techniques of another form of technology—smart ...

Media Exposes Children to 15,330 Violent Acts a Year

In his book, Jeffrey Froh writes that an American child who watches three hours of children's television programming a day will see 4,380 good acts in ...

British Defense Minister Interrupted by Siri

A British Parliamentarian recently yielded the floor to a most unexpected interloper: his new iPhone. British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson's iPhone ...