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SOCIAL MEDIA SITES & Interreligious Understanding
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Slides from a presentation for Campus Ministry, titled: "Social Media Sites and Interreligious Understanding." In this presentation I discuss the challenges sparked by misrepresentation of religions in social media and methods for civil discourse and dialogue.

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SOCIAL MEDIA SITES& Interreligious Understanding

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2006 TIME MAGAZINE Person of the Year

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PublicSource

The Social Media “Revolution”

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Media as Gatekeeper

PublicSource

The Social Media “Revolution”

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PublicSource

The Social Media “Revolution”

No more Gatekeepers

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“Everyone has a voice now”

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“Everyone has a voice now”

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A VOICE FOR EVERYONEThe drawbacks

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A VOICE FOR EVERYONEThe drawbacks

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"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

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One extremist with 50 followers & a voice shapes their view of Christianity. We see these pics & they in turn shape our view of Islam.

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More drawbacks:

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More drawbacks: Birds of a feather flock together

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More drawbacks:“narrowcasting”, “echo chamber”

Birds of a feather tweet togethertweet tweet

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3SITES FOR Interreligious Dialogue

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Purpose-Specific Sites:

News Sites:General Sites:

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Purpose-Specific Sites:

News Sites:General Sites:

Echo-chamber?

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Purpose-Specific Sites:

News Sites:General Sites:

Echo-chamber?

Echo-chamber?

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Purpose-Specific Sites:

News Sites:General Sites:

Echo-chamber?

Echo-chamber?

Personal branding pressures

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Purpose-Specific Sites:

News Sites:General Sites:

Echo-chamber?

Echo-chamber?

Personal branding pressures

Greater intolerance in comments section

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1,950Responses

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1,950Responses

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

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When people can be territorially separated, the question of hatred becomes lessened.

“- Clay Shirky

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Greater levels of religious and cultural intolerance because we are forced to share the same virtual space?

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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

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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

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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?

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TIPS FOR ORGANIZATIONS Encouraging Civil Dialogue

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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

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Example Code-of-Conduct

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Example Code-of-Conduct

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IN YOUR INTERACTIONSUsing Civil Dialogue

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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

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CREDITSDr. Corinne WeisgerberSt. Edward’s University

Blog: http://socialmediaprclass.blogspot.comEmail: [email protected]

Twitter: @corinnew