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Taking the “Selfie Challenge”

August 31, 2018 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

How do you view yourself? Do selfies bolster or undercut those feelings? What does God say and feel about you? - Craig Detweiler,  Selfies  (27) Introduction If you follow the Emerging Scholars Network on Facebook or Twitter, you'll remember that last week I posted a series of quotes from Craig Detweiler's Selfies: Searching for the Image of God in a Digital Age. My motivation was for us to wrap up the summer and engage the new academic year well. Craig Detweiler's reflections and practices  assist us not only in … [Read more...] about Taking the “Selfie Challenge”

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Craig Detweiler, digital space, instagram, Selfies, snapshots from the book, Social Media, social networking, technology

Science in Review: On the Couch with Dr. Know

December 13, 2017 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

Rendered 3D image of a psychiatric patient lying on a couch, speaking with a seated therapist.

As a researcher for a public health software company, I have experimented a little with predictive models of health-related outcomes. Mainly I have focused on population-level predictions -- e.g. how many flu cases to expect this winter in a given county -- but on one occasion I tried to predict which individual patients would eventually experience a drug overdose necessitating a visit to an emergency department. Statistically, the results were encouraging, although on further inspection I realized that mainly my model … [Read more...] about Science in Review: On the Couch with Dr. Know

Filed Under: Science and Faith Tagged With: AI and Christianity series, artificial intelligence, mental health, science, science in review, Social Media

What Would Jesus Post on Social Media?

December 29, 2015 by May Yuan 3 Comments

Have you ever felt the shot of excitement - the dopamine rush - that comes when someone ‘likes' your photo or status on Instagram and Facebook?  Well dear reader, you are not alone. In 2015, Instagram reportedly exceeded 400 million users with 40 billion photos posted. The popularity and increasing use of social media has been a growing area of heated debate and controversy topic in the past couple of years, in both Christian and secular circles. But how does social media affect us in regard to God's mission? Adam … [Read more...] about What Would Jesus Post on Social Media?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Urbana2015 Tagged With: digital space, instagram, liveblogging, networking, Social Media, social networking, urbana, urbana seminar, urbana15

“To tweet or not to tweet?”: Selective empathy in a world of hashtag revolutions (Scholar’s Compass)

April 23, 2015 by Batanayi Manyika Leave a Comment

Bat Manyika contemplates social media activism, drawing on his academic knowledge and practiced experience of the New Testament, which he studies as both church leader at CityHill Church, Johannesburg and PhD student at the South African Theological Seminary. Reflection On the 7th January 2015 the world awoke to the harrowing news of an extremist attack on the Charlie Hebdo headquarters in Paris. News outlets across the globe covered this sad incident in intricate detail. Shortly after, political figures of all … [Read more...] about “To tweet or not to tweet?”: Selective empathy in a world of hashtag revolutions (Scholar’s Compass)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: empathy, networking, Scholar's Compass, Social Media, social networking, twitter

Engaging Social Media

March 23, 2015 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

A taste of the resources I've been engaging for the upcoming "Social Media Workshop: Communications and Community" (Post Graduate & Faculty Ministries Staff Team Mtgs, 3/27/2015). Pray for workshop preparations. And please do not hesitate to share your top articles/insights :) https://storify.com/esnivcf/social-media … [Read more...] about Engaging Social Media

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Technology in Higher Ed Tagged With: communication, community, networking, Social Media, social networking

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