[Air-L] religious uses of social media?

[Roser Beneito Montagut]

hi Charles,

http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/04/26/famiglia-cristiana-launches-app-to-reach-facebook-users-in-italy/

Roser

2009/4/26 Heidi Campbell <hcampbe1 at yahoo.co.uk>

> Charles-
>
> Besides the links I sent previously:
>
> http://www.contemplativeprayer.net/
> http://sacredspace.ie/
>
> There is also Tangle which rebranded itself from GodTube in Feb  2009 in an
> attempt to become the first Christian SNS, Youtube, Facebook
> hybrid-alternative, see: http://www.tangle.com/
>
> And though not run by a monastic community there is "monastic prayer" on
> twitter:
> http://twitter.com/monasticprayer and other options run by selfprofessed
> monastics: http://twitter.com/MONKROCK
>
> Heidi Campbell
>
> --- On Sun, 26/4/09, Charles Ess <charles.ess at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Charles Ess <charles.ess at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Air-L] religious uses of social media?
> To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> Date: Sunday, 26 April, 2009, 12:22 PM
>
>
> Dear AoIR-ists,
>
> On behalf of a colleague who is seeking to help a monastic community - I'm
> trying to develop an inventory of (possible/actual) uses of social media
> such as SNS's, Twitter, etc. that either
> (a) fit within - rather than disrupt or distort - the disciplines and
> practices defining / constituting monastic life and contemplation, and/or
> (b) might foster one or more of those practices, e.g. _lectio divina_ and
> other forms of guided/disciplined contemplation of sacred texts, community
> prayer, etc.
>
> I have some interesting examples from my previous (very modest) work in
> these domains - but all of which emerged prior to the explosion of social
> media such as SNS's, Twitter, etc.
>
> So ... any suggestions for more contemporary examples, resources, contacts,
> etc. would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> - charles ess
>
> President, Association of Internet Researchers
> Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies
> Drury University, Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA
>
> Professor MSO (med særlige opgaver),
> Department of Information and Media Studies
> Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
>
> Co-editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics
> <http://ijire.net/>
> Co-chair, CATaC conferences <www.catacconference.org>
>
> Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23
>
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