Social Media & Interreligious Understanding
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SOCIAL MEDIA SITES& Interreligious Understanding
2006 TIME MAGAZINE Person of the Year
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The Social Media “Revolution”
Media as Gatekeeper
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The Social Media “Revolution”
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The Social Media “Revolution”
No more Gatekeepers
“Everyone has a voice now”
“Everyone has a voice now”
A VOICE FOR EVERYONEThe drawbacks
A VOICE FOR EVERYONEThe drawbacks
"Why do they not respect us?" asked Jamal. "We do not burn their Christian books, so they need to understand that the Qur'an is our most holy book." - The Guardian
One extremist with 50 followers & a voice shapes their view of Christianity. We see these pics & they in turn shape our view of Islam.
More drawbacks:
More drawbacks: Birds of a feather flock together
More drawbacks:“narrowcasting”, “echo chamber”
Birds of a feather tweet togethertweet tweet
3SITES FOR Interreligious Dialogue
Purpose-Specific Sites:
News Sites:General Sites:
Purpose-Specific Sites:
News Sites:General Sites:
Echo-chamber?
Purpose-Specific Sites:
News Sites:General Sites:
Echo-chamber?
Echo-chamber?
Purpose-Specific Sites:
News Sites:General Sites:
Echo-chamber?
Echo-chamber?
Personal branding pressures
Purpose-Specific Sites:
News Sites:General Sites:
Echo-chamber?
Echo-chamber?
Personal branding pressures
Greater intolerance in comments section
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Kudos to France.....keep up the
good work. If they don't like it,
they can move back to whatever
hole they came from.
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WHY DOES INTOLERANCEseem to thrive on news site forums
When people can be territorially separated, the question of hatred becomes lessened.
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“- Clay Shirky
Greater levels of religious and cultural intolerance because we are forced to share the same virtual space?
Generally speaking, the tribalism we see in the physical church, and even in Christian events and festivals, is less pronounced in the twitterverse.
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“ - Martin Saunders
Generally speaking, the tribalism we see in the physical church, and even in Christian events and festivals, is less pronounced in the twitterverse.
“
“ - Martin Saunders
Physical borders: Tribalism
Shared Virtual Space:Greater Unity
Generally speaking, the tribalism we see in the physical church, and even in Christian events and festivals, is less pronounced in the twitterverse.
“
“ - Martin Saunders
Physical borders: Tribalism
Shared Virtual Space:Greater Unity
Only in intrareligious discourse?
TIPS FOR ORGANIZATIONS Encouraging Civil Dialogue
TIPS FOR ORGANIZATIONS Encouraging Civil Dialogue
• Set tone with a code-of-conduct• Moderate comments• Direct the conversation• Use questions/prompts• Add commentary to links
Example Code-of-Conduct
Example Code-of-Conduct
IN YOUR INTERACTIONSUsing Civil Dialogue
IN YOUR INTERACTIONSUsing Civil Dialogue
• Use the social web to educate yourself• Listen before you speak• Check accuracy of perceptions
• Recognize differences• Confront stereotypes• We rely on them more online
CREDITSDr. Corinne WeisgerberSt. Edward’s University
Blog: http://socialmediaprclass.blogspot.comEmail: [email protected]
Twitter: @corinnew