Ricky's+stash

A2 part 2 – March 31, 2011 – effects of media on religion – media can promote and hinder religions, e.g. advertisement, censorship – media is powerful as a tool for communication – Internet, worldwide, instantaneous communication – provide interaction, unite audiences with similar interests, e.g. YouTube, streaming media – advertisements, documentaries revolving around Christianity, possibly related to Christianity's popularity (2.1 billion population, 33%) – in order to cause change, Group 14 will manipulate media to change the world







religion – interaction of various elements of culture that generate profound and lingering meaning through establishing symbols that relate humanity to truths and values Abrahamic, Indian, Iranian, East Asian, African diasporic, Indigenous traditional, and more… – world currently contains >19 prevailing religions – "One cannot prove that God does not exist, but science makes God unnecessary." (Hawking ) – not problematic: differences in religions, various explanations in life – problematic: disputes, advertisements, promotions ∵ business bottled holy water (Miller )

A2 part 1 – March 3, 2011