Why did we write this document?\u00a0 We are not writing to be judgemental or legalistic.\u00a0 Nor do we at all claim to have “the answer” to what is right and wrong.\u00a0 In fact, we would much appreciate being corrected if we state things that are not accurate, or unclear, or poorly argued.\u00a0 But our motive is this: There have been many developments in media and communications technology that have completely<\/b> changed the way of life in our Reformed communities.\u00a0 The computer was one such device, the mobile phone a second, and the internet a third…\u00a0 Twenty years ago few of us had, or needed them.\u00a0 Now most of us (including our pre-teen children) fully depend and cannot imagine life without them.\u00a0 These devices have become completely engrained in our lifestyles.\u00a0 We need to step back, therefore, and ask ourselves some hard questions.\u00a0 Not so much if we should<\/i> accept these new technological developments–we already have–but to ask what uses<\/i> of these technologies are acceptable and what uses are not, and how we can determine this.<\/p>\n\u00a0Modern Media<\/i><\/h2>\n
What do we mean with “modern media<\/b>“?\u00a0 If with a “medium” we understand a device and tool used to communicate with other people, or obtain information, then “old media” would include newspapers, magazines, books, and telephones.\u00a0 “Modern media” then includes both physical devices<\/b> such as computers, tablets, and smart phones, but more importantly those technologies that make use of these physical devices–such as the internet and the many programs that are based on the internet.<\/p>\n
Sections to come: “Three Basic Principles”, “Some Basic Guidelines”, and “Conclusion”.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why this? Why did we write this document?\u00a0 We are not writing to be judgemental or legalistic.\u00a0 Nor do we at all claim to have “the answer” to what is right and wrong.\u00a0 In fact, we would much appreciate being corrected if we state things that are not accurate, or unclear, or poorly argued.\u00a0 But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"https:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.media-aware.net\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}