Comments on: The Death of Print and What it Means for Christians http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/the-death-of-print-and-what-it-means-for-christians/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-death-of-print-and-what-it-means-for-christians Where The Christian Faith Meets The Common Knowledge of Our Age Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:36:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben Bartlett http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/the-death-of-print-and-what-it-means-for-christians/#comment-32053 Ben Bartlett Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:03:41 +0000 http://www.christandpopculture.com/?p=2528#comment-32053 David, as someone working in an office every day I can safely say that though The Office is funny on its own, it is truly brilliant at depicting normal office events in a funny way. In just the last few weeks we've had a weight loss competition, constant comments about wasting company time (Dwight and the stopwatch), and useless meetings. Excellent stuff. <abbr><em>Ben Bartletts last blog post..<a href="http://benbartlett.blogspot.com/2009/03/people-and-sadness.html" rel="nofollow">People and Sadness</a></abbr></em> David, as someone working in an office every day I can safely say that though The Office is funny on its own, it is truly brilliant at depicting normal office events in a funny way. In just the last few weeks we’ve had a weight loss competition, constant comments about wasting company time (Dwight and the stopwatch), and useless meetings. Excellent stuff.

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]]> By: David Dunham http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/the-death-of-print-and-what-it-means-for-christians/#comment-31160 David Dunham Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:53:22 +0000 http://www.christandpopculture.com/?p=2528#comment-31160 The following comment won't really add anything to the conversation, sorry for that, but your title made me think of an episode of The Office. In the episode Michael Scott is asked to speak at a local college about the administrative side of the business world. When he shows up he, of course, makes a fool out of himself. But at one point he is saying something about how paper will always be used, and as he says it all you hear is the click of keyboards from the students taking notes. Hillarious! The following comment won’t really add anything to the conversation, sorry for that, but your title made me think of an episode of The Office. In the episode Michael Scott is asked to speak at a local college about the administrative side of the business world. When he shows up he, of course, makes a fool out of himself. But at one point he is saying something about how paper will always be used, and as he says it all you hear is the click of keyboards from the students taking notes. Hillarious!

]]> By: The Dane http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/the-death-of-print-and-what-it-means-for-christians/#comment-30923 The Dane Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:45:24 +0000 http://www.christandpopculture.com/?p=2528#comment-30923 If the decline of newsprint means that: <blockquote>We will need to be more determined than ever to think critically about what we read, what it means, and why we can or cannot trust it. This will mean that we will have to be as critical of sources which support our worldview as we are of those who oppose it, and be willing to verify these sources and examine the credentials of those who are writing.</blockquote> Then great. I say bring it. If the death of print means that people will have to begin acting as they should have all along, then Hurrah and Hip Hip. I think a large part of the reason that people are content to get their news from blogs and other clearly editorial sources is that for so long, the professional services have been nearly indistinguishable. Granted, this is absolutely more the case with televised news, but still, when you trust some random collective of bloggers as much as you trust the Wall Street journal, then something's got to shift. <abbr><em>The Danes last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nowheresville/~3/tooRmJU4yIo/2008_11_01_old1.php" rel="nofollow">20081119.ChurchLies</a></abbr></em> If the decline of newsprint means that:

We will need to be more determined than ever to think critically about what we read, what it means, and why we can or cannot trust it. This will mean that we will have to be as critical of sources which support our worldview as we are of those who oppose it, and be willing to verify these sources and examine the credentials of those who are writing.

Then great. I say bring it. If the death of print means that people will have to begin acting as they should have all along, then Hurrah and Hip Hip. I think a large part of the reason that people are content to get their news from blogs and other clearly editorial sources is that for so long, the professional services have been nearly indistinguishable. Granted, this is absolutely more the case with televised news, but still, when you trust some random collective of bloggers as much as you trust the Wall Street journal, then something’s got to shift.

The Danes last blog post..20081119.ChurchLies

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