"Al socializar las ponencias y conclusiones de nuestro II Congreso Latinoamericano de Comunicación: "Comunicación Solidaria en la Sociedad de la Información", queremos contribuir al debate y a la búsqueda de respuestas a los nuevos desafíos que hoy vive la humanidad. Esperamos que en las univer
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sidades, gremios de profesionales, medios de comunicación, iglesias y en general en todas las instancias de la sociedad civil este debate continúe y seamos capaces también de alentar, apoyar y promover la apropiación de las nuevas tecnologías al servicio de nuestra gente, de nuestros pueblos, de nuestras culturas." (Prólogo, página 7)
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"Most media courses or even those more general on communication aim at equipping the seminarian in the use and technique of the modern means of communication for his/her ministry. This, however, should not be the first purpose in the seminary. It should have been done already at the college level be
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fore entering the seminary for graduate studies. Today it should be part of any educational program to enable every student to critically judge and use the modern means of communication. This is part of the Communication/media education which in turn should be part of any school curriculum. It includes having a general knowledge about the ways and means modern media operate like e.g the essential criteria to judge the quality of a news item, a TV program or a film. It is to enable people to become informed and responsible recipients. Communication Education in the seminary should be already on a more advanced level and should be able to build on the general media education in college and elementary. Programs in the seminary should slowly lead the seminarian to the proper and active use of communication for ministry because s/he is part and parcel of the modern communication world. This, however, includes not only modern means and technology. Proper communication preparation for ministry starts already long before and is based on the essentials of human communication." (Page 45)
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"Religion Online provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this burgeoning new religious reality, from cyberpilgrimages to neo-pagan chatroom communities. A substantial introduction by the editors presenting the main themes and issues is followed by sixteen chapters addressing core is
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sues of concern such as youth, religion and the internet, new religious movements and recruitment, propaganda and the countercult, and religious tradition and innovation." (Publisher description)
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