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The Church in a Digital World. World Communications Day Lecture Paul Tighe London, 5 June 2014. Context. Church and Communications Mission – bring Good News to ends of the earth Communication – constitutive human activity, flourishing of society, face future
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The Church in a Digital World World Communications Day Lecture Paul Tighe London, 5 June 2014
Context • Church and Communications • Mission – bring Good News to ends of the earth • Communication – constitutive human activity, flourishing of society, face future • Related – contribution and concern • World Communications Day Messages – audiences (all, specialists, believers) • Benedict to Francis – digital revolution • Francis – promote authentic culture of encounter (nearness, solidarity)
Digital World • Revolution/Transformation – cultural, change in communications • Identity, relationships and Community (Foresight, Beddington) • ‘New media’ – newness, dynamics, evolving, radical • Digital is real – must be present (@pontifex) • Avoid dualism – interpenetration (Jurgenson) • Media ‘ecosystem’ – environment, beyond instruments and use
Citizens • Good or Bad • Positive – gift for humanity, from God (not naïve) • Human achievement – User Generated Culture • Agency – regulation and individual responsibility • Social – intrinsic ethic(Trust) • Values/Attitudes – respect, honesty, objectivity, reason, openness, listening • Professionals – bad and good, highest standards (price) • Culture of Encounter - value other, quality of relationships • Dialogue – listening, learning, sharing (more than a tactic) • Authenticity
Believers • Shared task • Giving a soul – integral humanity • Questions – not selling, imposing or manipulating • Witness – time, walking with others, rule for the pilgrim • Sharing source of joy and hope • Neighbour – nearness, closeness • Good Samaritan – compassion, mercy, tenderness • Imitate and Recognize • Time to speak – time to let love speak (Deus caritas est, 31)
Language • Style – conversational, participative, engagement , listen, converse, encourage • Institutional challenge – subsidiarity, devolved interactivity (glocal) • Modes – beyond the text, multimedia (beauty), warming hearts • Show rather than tell – experience of living (Stained Glass - Facebook, Youtube, apps) • Vocabulary - words, icons, rituals (grammar of simplicity) • Christ the Perfect Communicator – his words not ours (lectio divina) • Vision, values and norms – Yes before No
Conversion • Witness/Authenticity – Encounter with Christ • Savouring the Word (silence and solitude) – actio segue esse • Silence and Solitude • Turning other cheek • Trust – professional and graced, no complacency yet …. • Faith – mustard seed/yeast
Convergence • Strategy – convergence not competition • Learn by doing – innovate, measure, reflect • Networked learning – sharing, refining, adapting • Travel light – platforms change • Take risks – mol an oigeagustiocfaidhsi • Organic development – no master plan/no gurus • Laity and clergy – penetrate world with Christian spirit/witness to Christ in midst of human society (Gaudium et spes, 43)
Receptivity • Anthropological grounds - connection, searching, play, sharing, following • Engage – friendship, truth, beauty, self-giving, openness • Critique false gods (wealth, power, fame) – truth in love • Augustine – only with God will my soul be at rest • Nostalgia, yearning • Mystery - encounter is personal ,no manipulation or engineering
The Church in a Digital World World Communications Day Lecture Paul Tighe London, 5 June 2014