Charles- Besides the links I sent previously: http://www.contemplativeprayer.net/ http://sacredspace.ie/ There is also Tangle which rebranded itself from GodTube in Feb 2009 in an attempt to become the first Christian SNS, Youtube, Facebook hybrid-alternative, see: http://www.tangle.com/ And though not run by a monastic community there is "monastic prayer" on twitter: http://twitter.com/monasticprayer and other options run by selfprofessed monastics: http://twitter.com/MONKROCK Heidi Campbell --- On Sun, 26/4/09, Charles Ess <charles.ess@gmail.com> wrote: From: Charles Ess <charles.ess@gmail.com> Subject: [Air-L] religious uses of social media? To: "air-l@listserv.aoir.org" <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Date: Sunday, 26 April, 2009, 12:22 PM Dear AoIR-ists, On behalf of a colleague who is seeking to help a monastic community - I'm trying to develop an inventory of (possible/actual) uses of social media such as SNS's, Twitter, etc. that either (a) fit within - rather than disrupt or distort - the disciplines and practices defining / constituting monastic life and contemplation, and/or (b) might foster one or more of those practices, e.g. _lectio divina_ and other forms of guided/disciplined contemplation of sacred texts, community prayer, etc. I have some interesting examples from my previous (very modest) work in these domains - but all of which emerged prior to the explosion of social media such as SNS's, Twitter, etc. So ... any suggestions for more contemporary examples, resources, contacts, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance, - charles ess President, Association of Internet Researchers Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University, Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA Professor MSO (med særlige opgaver), Department of Information and Media Studies Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Co-editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics <http://ijire.net/> Co-chair, CATaC conferences <www.catacconference.org> Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23 _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/