{"id":332,"date":"2011-04-19T03:28:47","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T07:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/catholicsmediaandculture\/?p=332"},"modified":"2011-04-19T03:28:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T07:28:47","slug":"the-pope-technology-god-do-smartphones-makes-us-smarter-a-suggestion-for-foxs-mynetwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/catholicsmediaandculture\/2011\/04\/the-pope-technology-god-do-smartphones-makes-us-smarter-a-suggestion-for-foxs-mynetwork.html","title":{"rendered":"The Pope, technology & God; Do smartphones makes us smarter?; A suggestion for Fox’s MyNetwork"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benedict XVI warns that technology is no replacement for God.<\/a> <\/strong>So, let me get this straight. Access to a Blackberry and Google isn’t<\/em> the same as ultimate power over the universe? Good to know.\u00a0
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile…<\/p>\n

Are smartphones making us dumb?<\/a><\/strong> A study finds that all that texting, tweeting and friending may actually be reducing our collective attention spans. Having information at our fingertips isn’t the same thing as intelligence — or wisdom. That’s why we must always remember to keep material things in… Excuse me, while I answer this.<\/p>\n

Positive African-American TV network planned.<\/a> <\/strong>Bounce TV, the brainchild of Martin Luther King III, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and others, is seeking broadcast (rather than cable) distribution. Fox-owned MyNetwork<\/a> would seem to be a good possibility that apparently nobody has mentioned. MyNetwork, BTW, would also be a good home for a family-themed network featuring P&G\/Walmart-sponsored shows<\/a>. There’s no real family network out there. ABC Family really targets teens. Perhaps, Bounce, P&G, Walmart and Fox could all work together to provide a venue for positive ethnically-diverse family-suitable programming.\u00a0 Anyway, almost anything would be more interesting than the slate of reruns the program service carries now. Just thinking out loud here.<\/p>\n

Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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