Social Media & Interreligious Understanding

1. Social Media & Interreligious Understanding SOCIAL MEDIA SITES& Interreligious Understanding

2. 2006 TIME MAGAZINE Person of the Year

3. The Social Media “Revolution”Source Public The Social Media “Revolution”Source Public

4. The Social Media “Revolution”Source Public Media as Gatekeeper The Social Media “Revolution”Source Public Media as Gatekeeper

5. The Social Media “Revolution”Source Public No more Gatekeepers The Social Media “Revolution”Source Public No more Gatekeepers

6. “Everyone has a voice now”

7. “Everyone has a voice now”

8. A VOICE FOR EVERYONEThe drawbacks

9. A VOICE FOR EVERYONEThe drawbacks

10. . "Why do they not respect us?" asked Jamal. "We do not burntheir Christian books, so they need to understand that theQuran is our most holy book." - The Guardian

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

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13. . More drawbacks: Birds of a feather flock together

14. . More drawbacks: Birds of a feather tweet together “narrowcasting”, “echo chamber”

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16. . Purpose-Specific Sites:General Sites: News Sites:

17. . Purpose-Specific Sites: Echo-chamber?General Sites: News Sites:

18. . Purpose-Specific Sites: Echo-chamber? General Sites: News Sites:Echo-chamber?

19. . Purpose-Specific Sites: Echo-chamber? General Sites: News Sites:Echo-chamber?Personal branding pressures

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25. . WHY DOES INTOLERANCEseem to thrive on news site forums

26. . “ When people can be territorially separated, the question of hatred becomes lessened. - Clay Shirky “

27. . Greater levels of religious and cultural intolerancebecause we are forced to share the same virtual space?

28. . “ 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

29. . “ 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: Shared Virtual Space: Tribalism Greater Unity

30. . “ 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: Shared Virtual Space: Only in intrareligious Tribalism Greater Unity discourse?

31. . Encouraging Civil DialogueTIPS FOR ORGANIZATIONS

32. . Encouraging Civil DialogueTIPS FOR ORGANIZATIONS• Set tone with a code-of-conduct• Moderate comments• Direct the conversation • Use questions/prompts • Add commentary to links

33. . Example Code-of-Conduct

34. . Example Code-of-Conduct

35. . Using Civil DialogueIN YOUR INTERACTIONS

36. . Using Civil DialogueIN YOUR INTERACTIONS• 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

37. . CREDITS Dr. Corinne Weisgerber St. Edward’s UniversityBlog: http://socialmediaprclass.blogspot.com Email: corinnew@stedwards.edu Twitter: @corinnew