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Why We Review What We Review

Why We Review What We Review

Jun 27, 2025 | ,

It takes time and effort to set up this site properly, ensuring that everything runs smoothly and looks appealing. Additionally, creating thoughtful and thorough reviews for a variety of media types and content requires careful analysis and dedication. To help explain the motivations behind my work and provide some insight into the process, I’ve started this blog series. Through these posts, I hope to share more about why I do what I do and the importance of maintaining quality and consistency in my reviews.

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Why We Review Miscellaneous Media

Why We Review Miscellaneous Media

Jun 27, 2025 | ,

In today’s post I answer the question “Why do you review miscellaneous media?” Through answering this question I reveal how visual storytelling in comics engages multiple brain systems simultaneously for stronger memory formation, how magazines benefit from print credibility that reduces critical evaluation of lifestyle advice, and why routine consumption of “casual” media creates more cumulative influence than dramatic one-time entertainment, among other surprising conclusions. Come join me as I cite the research behind our methodology and explain why it’s so crucial to analytically consider miscellaneous media when making family media decisions. You might be surprised by what the science reveals about how comics, periodicals, and magazines actually influence your family.

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