Media do not merely carry content; they also create mentalities, sensibilities, and intuitions. As the medium of the internet has developed, few of its practitioners have considered how this new form of communication affects the larger ecosystem of culture and human interaction. We tend to assume that all new technologies (since they make certain aspects of our lives easier) must bring unalloyed progress for humanity. Christians should pause to consider how the habits and capacities encouraged by this new technology offer benefits and obstacles to our ability to reflect, converse, and act wisely in our cultural moment. Ken Myers, host and producer of the Mars Hill Audio Journal, will encourage such pausing by exploring several dominant aspects of the media ecology shaped by the internet in general and by blogging in particular.
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Dustin Steeve, Senior Director of GodblogCon 2008, opens the conference with an introduction of the conference, and GodblogCon’s opening speaker: Andrew Jones (tallskinnykiwi.com), social entrepreneur and mission consultant, discussed the phenomenal rise of faith blogging over the past decade and what it will take to see the church fully utilize this window of opportunity.
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Internet discourse is in a bad way. Crass language, disrespect, and dishonesty seem pervasive in many of the essays and comment sections of internet publications. On the whole, there is much about the internet that ought to give Christians pause. GodblogCon speaker and Scriptorium Daily essayist John Mark Reynolds discusses these problems with Katherine Britton, Marcus Goodyear, and Matthew Anderson. Reynolds offers some interesting historical parallels to the rise of internet technology and suggests some steps that Christians might take to redeem the use of internet technology.
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Website monetization is a multi-million dollar problem that currently has no good solution. To shed some light on the problem and provide a possible solution, GodblogCon invited Marcus Goodyear and Chris Cree to interview GBC speaker Wade Tonkin, owner of Christian Affiliate Marketers. Be sure not to miss Wade’s interesting response to the question, “Is it wrong to want to monetize your Christian blog?”
Do not miss out on your chance to talk with Wade and fellow Christians bloggers about the problems of website monetization, the coarsening of discourse online, and more. Register for GodblogCon today before prices increase on August 22nd!
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Monetizing Your Christian Blog - GBC Speaker Interview [31:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadBiola University and the Torrey Honors Institute are proud to present GodblogCon 2008 this September 20-21st. GodblogCon invited Andrew Jackson, Rhett Smith, Cynthia Ware, Matthew Anderson, and Marcus Goodyear to interview Andrew Jones of the Tall Skinny Kiwi who will be speaking at this year’s conference. Topics ranged from the relevance of blogging in today’s culture to the idea of “life streaming” which Andrew Jones introduced. If you would like to be a part of this conversation, be sure to register for GodblogCon today before prices increase on August 22nd.
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