04 Mar 2019 To share or not to share
A friend forwarded a YouTube video reporting on an apparent practice in a Central Asian country of abducting women for marriage.
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28 Feb 2019 New digital technology and global communication ethics
In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a...
28 Feb 2019 Media Development 2019/1 online magazine and pdf
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Media Development 2019-1 Brave new digital world What are the challenges confronting a society increasingly dependent on digital technologies? Who is making the rules and determining the values behind using social media?...
28 Feb 2019 Media Development 2019/1 Editorial
Towards the end of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Miranda says,
“O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in’t!”...
28 Feb 2019 The personal is political
U.S. society is obsessed with social media and online networks while a deep unease is pervading our use of these tools. What should the faith community’s response be to this...
28 Feb 2019 Transforming religion and politics
How new and how brave is the “Brave New Digital World”? When I had to clean up my office as I was retiring from university, I came across a 50-year-old...
28 Feb 2019 Social media intoxication – time for a detox?
Could connecting the next three billion people to the Internet contribute a global decline in mental health? Another argument for a rights-based approach to connectivity....
28 Feb 2019 Homo sapiens or homo algorithmus?
The digital revolution is one of the mega-themes of our times – if not the one mega-theme. It certainly stands for the most fundamental cultural revolution I have experienced in...
28 Feb 2019 Churches taking positions in the digital age
In the German church setting of today, two main positions regarding the challenges of the Digital Age can be found: either a rather defensive rejection or a more enthusiastic welcome....
28 Feb 2019 The struggle for community radio in the Philippines
The challenges facing community radio remain similar all over the Asia-Pacific region. That much was evident, during the 4th AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of Community Radios held 16-19 November in...