As I have recently found out from bbc.com Pope Benedetto XVI has launched his own channel on Youtube. Apparently being fond of new technologies, the Pope aims to reach a bigger cyber space that he refers as the 'digital generation'. He will be airing in English, German, Spanish and Italian. Will he gain more exposure? Is that his aim? "You must find new ways to spread -in a new manner- voice and pictures of hope, through the internet, which wraps all of our planet in an increasingly close knitted-way". So also the Pope has discovered the extramundane powers of the cyber world. However, I think it's ironic how Pope will be airing on a website that could also contain a lot of elements that would be condemned by the Catholic world. Having lived in Italy for 5 months and having conversed with the 'digital generation' that Pope hopes to reach to about such issues, it will be interesting for me follow up on the success of this channel.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Pope on Youtube!!
As I have recently found out from bbc.com Pope Benedetto XVI has launched his own channel on Youtube. Apparently being fond of new technologies, the Pope aims to reach a bigger cyber space that he refers as the 'digital generation'. He will be airing in English, German, Spanish and Italian. Will he gain more exposure? Is that his aim? "You must find new ways to spread -in a new manner- voice and pictures of hope, through the internet, which wraps all of our planet in an increasingly close knitted-way". So also the Pope has discovered the extramundane powers of the cyber world. However, I think it's ironic how Pope will be airing on a website that could also contain a lot of elements that would be condemned by the Catholic world. Having lived in Italy for 5 months and having conversed with the 'digital generation' that Pope hopes to reach to about such issues, it will be interesting for me follow up on the success of this channel.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Internet and Activism
Alreaaady- let my blogging experience begin:
Surfing on the bbc.com I came across an article that talks about how politics will change the web. Putting the USA presidential elections under the spot light yet ever again, Mr.Thompson mentions of the unplaceable vitality of internet in terms of politics and how it increases the level of conversation and interaction, though not yet displacing the more traditional methods. To contrary to the article title's "How politics will change web", to me the main idea is about how the web changes the delivery channels of politics. Use of digital tools, including advertising on computer games like Obama has done, is another way for politicians to market themselves to the public. Of course, not only another way, a very efficient (or is it?) way, I'd say, thinking of the multitudinous ways a form of activism can pop up on a surfer's screen. However for me the question remains: How willing are we to embrace the change of another set of traditional methods as e-marketing tries even harder to break down the walls of our apathetic life styles? Is all that
activism something we really want to buy? Or would we rather stick to our search on Google on "where to buy leather iPhone cases"?
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