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5 Movements Towards Online Social Networking
By Rhett Smith | August 21, 2008
Our book is coming out pretty soon and I wanted to just give a quick framework for my chapter, New Media Ministry to the MySpace-Facebook Generation: Employing New Media Technologies Effectively in Youth Ministries.
When I was given the task to write the chapter for this book it was about a year ago and I had one month to complete the chapter. What I developed as a a framework were what I believe to be 5 movements, or themes in doing youth ministry in the Facebook-MySpace Generation.
It’s hard to keep up on the social media scene as so many things have changed in the last year, and I have learned so much. Though I might think through some things differently I still like the general framework laid out in the chapter. I tried to approach the chapter more from a spiritual/psychological/philosophical framework, then a how to tech manual. The technology is the tool, but how we approach and apply the technology and how it shapes us in the process is very important for us to think about.
I have given a sample below with some questions as well.
What do you think?
5 Movements Towards Online Social Networking
1.Online Journey
What is your online journey? How has it shaped your views of online social networks?
2.Identity Forming
When a student is in these communities for hours a day, how do we help shape and transform their identity, whether it is online, or in the personal time we get with them?
3.Leading Within
How does you or your church’s leadership style contradict/correlate with youth in a MySpace-Facebook world?
4.Intermingling Lives
Does the exposure of student’s lives intimidate, discourage or inspire you to want to engage with them online? Why or why not?
5.Transforming Communication
What can you do in your student’s social network to help transform their environment and communication? How can you communicate Christ to your students online?
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