Franciscan University of Steubenville Professor Eugene Gan authors
this first-of-its-kind Catholic roadmap for the digital age:
Infinite Bandwidth: Encountering Christ in the Media. He navigates
you faithfully through the digital world, encouraging frustrated
parents not to throw out cell phones, ban the Internet, chuck
computers, or pitch portable media devices. That would be a mistake
and believe it or not would be going against more than seven
decades of Catholic teaching. From Church documents on social
communications, Gan extracts seven principles or "media keys" of
how to approach and use media. The Church and Gan say that we must
enter into the modern day "Areopagus," the social and intellectual
hub of ancient Athens where Paul preached to pagans, and use the
media tools God has given us to make truth known and serve mankind.
Cardinal John Patrick Foley says, "Frankly, I wish that such a book
had existed when I was president of the Pontifical Council for
Social Communications as a text which I could have recommended. The
important thing, however, is that it exists now to provide a text,
context, and challenge for those who wish to bring both Christian
principles and professional excellence to their work in the media."
Gan offers chapter after chapter of real-life experience of how
to assess movies, games, and gadgets for you and your teens. Of how
to judge the merits of a film like Saving Private Ryan, and what
sets it apart from Nightmare on Elm Street. Can the one be
acceptable viewing and the other not? Definitely. And Gan details
why. Infinite Bandwidth: Encountering Christ in the Media is way
out front of the newest gizmo and will stay there thanks to its
timeless principles that can be applied in all digital terrain, now
and the future. Parents, educators, and students will put this book
down with an entirely different attitude about the relationship
between faith and media use.
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