Super Bowl commercials are the highlight of the game for me. Advertisers bring their A game, and every year there are a few commercials that will be talked about for days. This year was no different. Advertisements reflect their audience. Advertisers spend tremendous effort working to understand their audience and… [more]
Arts & Leisure
Does Pinterest promote consumerism or community?
I’ve been dabbling in the world of Pinterest. If you don’t know, Pinterest is like an online bulletin board. When you find things you like on the web (mainly pictures and videos), you pin them to one of your boards. Like other social media tools, you can follow friends and… [more]
Screen images as neighbors
Sept. 7, 1927, is the date of the first electronic video image. Since then the electronic screen has evolved into the hottest commodity in Western culture. From the inaugural television programming (1948) to computers, digital cameras, smart phones and 3-D TVs, this phenomenon is what I and others call "screen… [more]
Alec Baldwin & online fellowship
I have at least two loves in common with Alec Baldwin: a love for the smartly kooky television comedy "30 Rock," in which he stars, and a love for the Scrabble-like smartphone game Words with Friends. He may be a wee more … passionate about the multiplayer word game than… [more]
Advent All Around: Mary, Joseph and fickle celebrity marriages
This is the second installment in Advent All Around, a Think Christian series that sees reflections of Advent in the culture at large. Our first piece in the series, on Gabrielle Giffords and hope, can be found here. We light the second, purple Advent candle today to remember Mary and… [more]
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Mari-Anna Frangen Stalnacke I personally use Pinterest to do ministry. So let's not throw (out) the baby with the bath water. Authentic living is possible in social media, too.
Does Pinterest promote consumerism or community?
Tanny Thank you for putting into words exactly why I'm uncomfortable with how much time I (and others) spend on the internet, watching TV, etc. It's not that we've lost the ability to have conversations, it's that it's become easier to see real people as just another image to consume.
Screen images as neighbors