MediaLit: Engaging Faith and Media in a Digital Age

Dr Bex Lewis, CODEC, St John’s College, Durham University,

Durham, UK (@drbexl)

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Synod Report, 2015

“There is no central investment in reaching out into the digital and social media world. If the Church of England is to return to growth, there is a compelling need to realign resources and work carefully to ensure that scarce funds are used to best effect.”http://j.mp/GSynod1976

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“We have brought many ‘habits, inclinations and prejudices… endemic to society as a whole’, and it’s no longer its novelty, uniqueness or it potential to transform life, but its very pervasive ordinariness that gives the internet its significance.”Miller, V. (2011) Understanding Digital Culture, London: SAGE

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Social Media and Faith Groups

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Social Media within HE L&T

1. Modeling of social media practice2. Scaffolding the experience3. Public and private feedback4. Articulation & reflection related to ‘real

problems of practice’5. Explore online in ‘areas of interest’, and think

about instruction methodsBoling et al, 2014

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Methodology

“I've had a paper accepted to talk about MediaLit at a social media conference, and would love it if people had time (this week) to feed back on what you felt social media added/limited within the sessions (before/during/after the course) - did it change the dynamics of communication (for good/bad), give insights outside of the room, change your learning experience, offer on-going conversations, make you feel more/less comfortable, excite you to learn more, or other... etc. Really appreciated, and happy to PM, explain a bit more! This is for people who've joined in any capacity - staff, student, external?”

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MediaLit Delegates

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Social Media Within the Course

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Physical/Virtual Blocks?

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Twitter Backchannel: Aid or Distraction?

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“Recent delegates indicated that practical participation had opened their minds to what was possible, watching as external Tweeters took the thread of conversation elsewhere. With some in two minds as to distraction versus contribution, there was a clear feeling that the use of Twitter in session quickly led to confidence in using the tool, which subsequently improved the quality of contributions, as users got used to new ways of engaging multi-modally.”Lewis, B. ‘MediaLit: Engaging Faith and Media in a Digital Age’, European Conference on Social Media Proceedings, July 2015

External Engagement

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Issues Raised: Leadership, Authority & Presence

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Conclusion

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Questions?

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