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Does social media lead to polarization? According to a study from the respected Pew Foundation with the title Social Media and the ‘Spiral of Silence’ it does seem to reinforce it.
Articles in Technology: Issues and Uses
From diatribe to dialog
Moving the digital frontier from diatribe to dialog (Excerpt from Archbishop Kurtz's keynote address to the annual...
Vatican Radio – Technology in service of Mission
How is Vatican Radio using technology – especially new media technology – to bring the voice of the Pope to all...
World Communications Day: Social networks and Evangelization
The Vatican has released its theme for the 47th World Communications Day: “Social Networks: Portals of Truth and Faith; New Spaces for Evangelization. The Church recognizes that the world of digital communication is a major tool for evangelization, especially since it...
Social Media 101 for Vincentians
Confused by social media? Vincentians in Partnership has run a very successful series of training programs in social media. They are now making these materials available online. Twitter: Guide to setting up a Twitter account (PDF) Twitter guide to the jargon (PDF)...
The new Agora or town square
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest have become the equivalent of the town square. "That's where the public conversation is happening now," said David L. Hansen, pastor of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church Prairie Hill in Brenham, Texas. "The place where...
Facebook and the elderly in the church
The New Media Project presents an article Facebook and the elderly in the church in which Robert Saler, guest blogger writes... "My two years spent serving a wonderful, small congregation in Gary, IN, were instructive in a number of ways. The entire situation was rife...
Social media – Fast and furious or slow, steady
Social media can reduce activism to a fad-- something that we take part in because a particular Twitter hashtag is trending, a video has become viral, or a Facebook Cause has become popular. It can ignore the hard work that has been taking place over decades and...
Is your “community” computer safe?
Churches may be easy targets for data theft. In a recent Church Executive article, author David A. Jones noted, "Frugal budgeting and limited resources in technological intelligence inherent with religious organizations often lead to weak security controls. The risk...
More active mobile connections than humans
The Mobile Moment is Only Months Away - Preparing For the Biggest Number Ever - Yes That Day Is Near: When One Tech Passes Human Population In Size The ultimate number in technology is upon us. Within months, literally, only months now, we will reach the point in time...
Catholics lag behind Protestants and social media
Sister Mary Ann Walsh of the USCC looks at some signs of the times regarding Catholics and social media and provides useful links of interest to Catholics. A recent sign of technology in church was a man watching the Olympics on his Smartphone. He may be...
Getting the News in Bolivia – Coping with “slow”
So, here I am, on the Bolivian Altiplano, serving in a Vincentian International mission. I'm on Facebook and I write a blog. We don't have cable. We don't have 4G or 3G connections. We have very slow 2G, like most of the rural developing world. In countries like...