Title: The new media frontier : blogging, vlogging, and podcasting for Christ /
Authors: Reynolds, John Mark, 1963-; Overton, Roger, 1982-
Publisher: Crossway Books,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Mass media in religion United States.; Mass media Religious aspects Christianity
Abstract: Experts survey the new media landscape and explore specific ways in which Christians can expand their ministry effectiveness and advance their worldview with discernment and grace. A Pew Study reports that only 2% of America's twelve million bloggers claim "religion, spirituality or faith" as their main topic. This leaves a great mission field in cyberspace, say contributors to The New Media Frontier, because the latest forms of communication present so many opportunities to promote the cause of Christ in other topics and fields. Before blindly jumping in, however, Christians need to weigh the possibilities against the consequences, and then proceed with the practical discernment and grace this book provides. With a foreword by national radio host Hugh Hewitt, who has been at the forefront of the new media movement among Christians, editors Roger Overton and John Mark Reynolds (along with an impressive list of other new media experts) survey the current landscape and explore specific areas in which God's people can creatively expand their reach to a lost world. By stressing the urgency for Christian involvement, unearthing the dangers, and advising readers on how to use this media with different audiences, this book equips believers to advance, demonstrate, and utilize the Christian worldview in this exciting realm. - Publisher.
Contents: The new media: first thoughts / John Mark Reynolds -- The future of new media / John Mark Reynolds -- Three cautions among the cheers: the dangers of uncritically embracing new media / Matthew Lee Anderson -- Beginner's toolbox: blogging / Joe Carter -- Beginner's toolbox: new media -- podcasting, video podcasting, and more / Terence Armentano and Matthew Eppinette -- Theological blogging / David Wayne -- Blog as microwave community / Tod Bolsinger -- Pastors and the new media / Mark D. Roberts -- Navigating the evolving world of youth ministry in the Facebook-MySpace generation / Rhett Smith -- Evangelism and apologetics in the new media / Roger Overton -- Professors with a new public: academics and new media / Fred Sanders -- Virtual classrooms, real learning / Jason D. Baker -- Politics and journalism / Scott Ott -- Blogging and bioethics / Joe Carter and Matthew Eppinette -- Social justice, social relief, and new media / Stephen Shields