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)
New Schedule and a New Way to Follow ESN
Today, we're announcing a few changes to the Emerging Scholars Blog: We're now going to post twice a week, with Mike posting on Tuesdays and Tom posting on Thursdays. For the time being, we're retiring the Friday Week in Review feature. Instead, we'll be sharing links throughout the week on the ESN Facebook page and on our shiny new ESN Twitter account. You heard me right: Twitter. ESN has now entered the 1st quarter of 2010. If you don't have Twitter, don't worry: the links on Facebook and Twitter are going … [Read more...] about New Schedule and a New Way to Follow ESN
Poll on Twitter Studies
How public are you about your private life in tweets, Facebook, blogs, wikis, email, phone, snail mail, articles, books, presentations, interviews? Very few of us will have our life and vocation examined by Congress, but none-the-less have you considered ... What your wider circle of acquaintances (or even the larger public) know about your daily life? How they came to know what they know? Note: maybe you've chosen to avoid social media, post anonymously, or post under a pseudonym. Whether the … [Read more...] about Poll on Twitter Studies
Week in Review: Book of the Decade Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. The research says Professor Is a Label That Leans to the Left (Patricia Cohen, NY Times, January 17, 2010). What do you think? HT: Miller. Note: The article references Louis Menand's The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Book of the Decade Edition