The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community
With hundreds of millions of users, social networks are changing how we form relationships, perceive others, and shape our identity. Yet at its core, this movement reflects our need for community. Our longing for intimacy, connection, and a place to belong has never been a secret, but social networking offers us a new perspective on the way we engage our community. How do these networks impact our relationships? In what ways are they shaping the way we think of ourselves? And how might this phenomenon subtly reflect a God who longs to connect with each one of us?
The Church of Facebook explores these ideas and much more, offering a revealing look at the wildly popular world of online social networking.
Top Highlights
“In effect the hyperconnection of Facebook changes the nature of our relationships by turning our friends into audiences and us into performers.” (source)
“Rather, God was clarifying that the fullness of our humanity could only be truly expressed through relationship with a suitable other.” (source)
“The second result demonstrated by the Horizon experiment was that, cut off from connection, our ability to cope with reality quickly dissolves. In just one day of sensory deprivation and social isolation, each subject was reduced to infantile and even animalistic behavior.” (source)
“Bonding, the psychological process by which a mother creates a safe and nurturing environment for the child to develop, lays the groundwork for the baby’s ability to grow into a healthy and well-adapted adult.” (source)
“But what Harlow demonstrated so vividly with infant monkeys, and what study after study has shown to be all the more true in human beings, is that connection is not just ‘what causes happiness.’ It is also our most basic need.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community
- Author: Rice, Jesse
- Publisher: David C Cook
- Publication Date: 2009
- ISBN: 9781434700667