new media

Have you ever argued with a friend on Facebook? Blocked or deleted them after a virtual agreement? Well, it turns out that you’re not alone. It’s actually a thing!
It doesn’t surprise me at all that relationships – whether with…

Jesus once quipped that the spiritual leaders of his day were very good at forecasting the weather, but very bad at reading the signs of the times (Mat 16:3).
As we approach the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, let’s remember…

It can be disconcerting to watch the ranks of people walking along the city streets with wires in their ears, oblivious to the lives being lived around them, and tuning in only to what they choose to hear.  It is…

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is an anniversary whose purpose is, to quote the United Nations body responsible for it, “to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies…

I was wrong, and I’m glad

by Dwija Borobia April 16, 2012

So I finally bought a book.
Yeah, you know…those things with the pages made out of paper, all filled with words and maybe even sometimes, but not often if you’re a grown up (or people mistake you for one), containing…

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Can the Government Regulate the Internet?

by Sheila Liaugminas March 2, 2012

Was the online boycott of cybersecurity legislation an act of democracy or hyperbolic overreaction?
Was it an “abuse of trust and a misuse of power” as this New York Times op-ed piece claims?
When Wikipedia and Google purport to be…

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Does the Church Know How to Reach the Modern World?

by Brandon Vogt February 15, 2012

Marshall McLuhan, a 1960s media prophet, was one of the first to predict how digital technology shapes culture. Decades before the Internet became mainstream, McLuhan warned of the unintended effects brought by each new communication tool. His still-famous phrase “the…

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Geeks for the Good News

by Lisa M. Hendey October 5, 2011

“New horizons are now open that were until recently unimaginable; they stir our wonder at the possibilities offered by these new media and, at the same time, urgently demand a serious reflection on the significance of communication in the digital…

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