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Looking Forward to PBS Frontline’s Series: Digital_Nation

This preview has me hooked!  Will definitely be tuning in to this. I think the Frontline series will be a critical look at our culture and I’m especially interested to watch in light of this question: how will we “do community” in an increasingly digital nation? Christine Sine writes in anticipation of this series and [...]

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The Words of 2009

Single words, but they speak volumes. These are the words that encapsulate the past year. New Oxford American Dictionary announced their word of the year, “unfriend.”  Webster’s New World Dictionary went with “distracted driving.”  Here’s my list of the quintessential words of 2009: Bailout Obama (multi-purpose word – proper noun, adjective, and even curse word [...]

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Micro Theology Time

Drawing from an idea I blogged about awhile back, I want to have another go at micro-theology! How many of you are on Twitter?  How many of you use SMS as a regular communication medium?  You know about the need to say what you mean in a succinct, clear way.  Facebook updates?  Even email, to [...]

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Social Media: Are You More or Less Human?

Maggi Dawn has been someone I’ve followed for some time. Her blog is delightful, thought-provoking, and never fails to give me a different angle on faith and culture. Yesterday, she responded to comments by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury about the danger posed by Twitter, Facebook, et. al. to authentic human relationships.  I’ve bookmarked [...]

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Social Media: Participating, Lurking, Yawning, Condemning?

I’ve been noticing my friends’ reaction to social media.  Seems to form a continuum, going from regular involvement on one end to disdainful rejection on the other end!  Where do you fit? Participator Actively engages on more than one social media platform.  Uses social networking to functionally communicate with friends and meet new people.  Doesn’t [...]

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