by Cliff Vaughn | Apr 8, 2004 | News
Google and Yahoo, two of the most popular Internet search engines, will stop running ads for online casinos by the end of April, the New York Times reported. The new policy could significantly alter the future of online gambling. The new policies are bound up with...
by Cliff Vaughn | Apr 8, 2004 | News
One of the best new ads isn’t on TV, and it isn’t in a magazine. It’s not on the radio, and it’s not an Internet pop-up. No, it’s a four-minute film short starring Jerry Seinfeld and Superman—and it’s available only on the Web. This...
by Bob Allen | Apr 7, 2004 | News
In a confluence that happens just every several years, Holy Week leading up to Easter overlaps with the Jewish Passover, an eight-day celebration which began Monday at sundown. That, along with the discussion surrounding Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the...
by Bob Allen | Apr 7, 2004 | News
In the latest twist on an urban legend that will not die, an e-mail message is making the rounds purporting to be a warning from Focus on the Family’s James Dobson about a supposed attempt to ban religious broadcasting from America’s airwaves. The Focus on...
by Cliff Vaughn | Apr 6, 2004 | News
“Meeting God in Virtual Reality: Using Spiritual Practices With Media,” written by Teresa Blythe and Daniel Wolpert, offers readers some methods for praying with popular culture products. Blythe, a spiritual director, media literacy advocate and broadcast...
by Cliff Vaughn | Apr 6, 2004 | News
Controversy and curiosity have followed Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” to the Middle East. Critics and publics alike are debating its stances on Semitism, even as cinemas across the Arab world screen the film to box-office success. Egypt,...