The Pope himself welcomes the 21st Century technology and has given his blessings, of sorts, over social networking. Pope Benedict XVI has made a statement regarding social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace as ways to foster friendships and understanding in his annual message today for the World Day of Communications.
According to the Associated Press, Benedict welcomes as a “gift” new technologies like social networking sites, as they respond to a “fundamental desire” of people to communicate.
But the Pope added that in some ways, this is a legitimate concern. We all need to unplug sometimes and online social networking, while representative of our offline interactions, is still an entirely separate experience from what happens between people when they’re face to face. But that also speaks to many of social networks’ specific attention to mobile access, as they are actively seeking ways to close this digital divide on a global scale.
originally posted by: Kristen Nicole, AllFacebook
According to the Associated Press, Benedict welcomes as a “gift” new technologies like social networking sites, as they respond to a “fundamental desire” of people to communicate.
But the Pope added that in some ways, this is a legitimate concern. We all need to unplug sometimes and online social networking, while representative of our offline interactions, is still an entirely separate experience from what happens between people when they’re face to face. But that also speaks to many of social networks’ specific attention to mobile access, as they are actively seeking ways to close this digital divide on a global scale.
originally posted by: Kristen Nicole, AllFacebook
