Special Issues: Use of Media

Question 1

Lists some strengths of social media.

Answer 1

1. Can be a healthy avenue of self-expression and identity formation.
2. Can enhance community and strengthen relational ties.

Question 2

List some weaknesses of social media.

Answer 2

1. Identify Fragmentation - Different person that the online person.
2. Constant connection to the internet and cell phones clearly increases our stress.
3. Evidence that it causes a loss of social skills in real time.

Question 3

Names some insights from the interchange between Marva Dawn and Tex Sample.

Answer 3

1. Multi-Sensory Rhetoric - Must use it for the current generation.
2. The church already contains multi-sensory rhetoric.
3. Does electronic media turn people into an audience rather than participants?
4. Does it feed our consumer appetite?
5. Does it draw lines between rich and poor?

Question 4

What are three of Dr. Blands personal observations on media (powerpoint)?

Answer 4

1. There seems to be a major difference between high church and low church with PP.
2. There is a more personal connection between mouth and ear.
3. Scripture is primarily oral.

Question 5

Who argues that powerpoint indicates a lack of confidence in the spoken word and that life can’t be broke down into bullet points?

Answer 5

Richard Lischer

Question 6

Who argues that the strengths and weaknesses of powerpoint are the strengths and weaknesses of propositions?

Answer 6

Paul Wilson

Question 7

What does Tom Long argue concerning media with the sermon?

Answer 7

If the visual supports, use it. If the visual replaces, ditch it.

Question 8

Who argues that PP is rarely needed and distances people by focusing upon the screen?

Answer 8

Rosalyn Brown

Question 9

Who argues that slides should serve as visual aids that support and reinforce the speaker’s message?

Answer 9

Nancy Duarte

Question 10

What does Nancy Duarte propose as key elements to an effective PP?

Answer 10

Background, Text, Image, Color, and Consistency.

Question 11

What is the 10/20/30 rule?

Answer 11

No more than 10 slides for twenty minutes with a font no smaller than 30 points.

Question 12

What does Murphy propose as four weakness of Powerpoint?

Answer 12

1. We become fragmented in our thinking.
2. Can’t read music on a page.
3. Teaches worshipers to act in visceral ways.
4. Makes people less aware of each other.