"This study has been conducted at Radio Maria Rwanda (RMR) for establishing different challenges related to the management of volunteers at RMR, from recruitment to their retention. The study assessed how volunteers are recruited at RMR, what motivated them to volunteer at this radio station, how th
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eir recruitment process influenced their motivation and the challenges that they faced while they worked at RMR. The descriptive research design adopted both qualitative and quantitative approaches of data collection from a sample comprising 91 volunteers and 4 staff members of RMR. The data collected were analysed by SPSS and Nvivo software. The findings of the study reveal that the process of volunteer’s recruitment and retention at RMR was characterised by several challenges which required strong strategies to overcome them, such as ineffective communication of volunteering needs at this radio station, insufficient documents on the daily management of volunteers, a high number of unemployed volunteers linked to their ineffective identification and selection, insufficient equipment, lack of regular training and evaluation, etc. The study concludes that several people responded to the call of volunteering at RMR but this radio station necessitated more improvements to strengthen its strategies of volunteers’ management for being more efficient and productive. The study recommends that RMR should redefine its internal strategies of volunteers’ identification, screening and selection as well as their regular evaluation, training, equipment and communicating effectively with them." (Abstract)
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"L’avvento dell’era digitale ha interessato sempre più il settore di ricerca delle scienze della comunicazione con notevoli ricadute anche in campo catechetico. Questo libro prova a rispondere all’esigenza di formare una nuova figura di catechista chiamato ad interagire con i “soggetti digi
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tali” che, in misura sempre più significativa, vanno emergendo dall’attuale contesto sociale e culturale. Il testo esamina i cambiamenti in atto e tenta di descrivere gli influssi che stanno generando sulle nuove generazioni. Infatti, sono proprio i media digitali ad aver condotto ad un inarrestabile mutamento delle dimensioni cognitive, affettive, comunicative e comportamentali del soggetto." (Retrocopertina)
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"In terms of the pastoral challenges presented by ICT, this paper demonstrates the need for the Church and her pastoral leaders to skillfully and wisely navigate the realm of technology in order to put this gift granted by God to the best use. This demands that pastoral leaders and faith communicato
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rs have a good grasp of the various dimensions if ICT - the social, economic, political, ecological and spiritual short-term and long-term implications for the Church and for the world." (Conclusion, page 40)
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"La partida de nuestro hermano, el cardenal Cláudio Hummes, arzobispo emérito de São Paulo, deja un profundo vacío en la Iglesia de América Latina y el Caribe. Su legado, especialmente en la Iglesia amazónica, le permitieron trascender como uno de los más grandes e insignes obispos de nuestro
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tiempo. Fue el principal impulsor de la Red Eclesial Panamazónica (Repam), plataforma que capitalizó el Sínodo Amazónico de 2019 y, por ende, la creación de la inédita Conferencia Eclesial de la Amazonía (Ceama), instancias que lideró con pasión misionera como desde el primer día, cuando se encarnó entre los indígenas haciéndose uno más entre ellos. Hoy muchos lo recuerdan como el Francisco de la Amazonía, haciendo esa alegoría a san Francisco de Asís y, por consiguiente, a la de su gran amigo Jorge Mario Bergoglio." (Página 2)
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"Es ist erstaunlich, dass der römisch-katholische Radio-Priester Charles Coughlin – Vertreter der amerikanischen Religiösen Rechten, Antikommunist, Antisemit, Demagoge und Zeitzeuge der ersten America First-Bewegung – hierzulande so gut wie unbekannt ist. Ebenso erstaunlich ist, dass er bis vo
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r kurzem in den USA, einem Land, in dem allsonntäglich Millionen Menschen seinen politischen Predigten lauschten, nahezu vollständig in Vergessenheit geraten war. Coughlins Geschichte weist viele Aspekte auf, die auch gegenwärtig in Gesellschaft und Politik, nicht nur in den USA, eine Rolle spielen: die Nutzung neuer Medien für die Verbreitung von alternativen Fakten und Verschwörungstheorien, der Erfolg populistischer Versprechungen, Narzissmus, die Konfrontation von Demagogie und wehrhafter Demokratie. Der Politikwissenschaftler Helmut Klumpjan schildert das politisch-religiöse Leben Father Coughlins, erklärt den historischen und politischen Kontext seiner Zeit (1891–1979) und misst zuletzt den Wegbereiter des Hate Radio an seinem eigenen Idol: Wie gelingt es einem Menschen, der sich das Liebes-Motto einer christlichen Heiligen auf die Fahne geschrieben hat, dennoch Hass zu verbreiten?" (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Il volume, nato dall’esperienza dei 150 video tutorial dell’Associazione Webmaster Cattolici Italiani (WECA), offre un cammino in quattro tappe per riflettere, scoprire, condividere sui social e pubblicare sul web l’esperienza di una Chiesa che, appunto, è presente anche nel mondo digitale.
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Un percorso che, soprattutto alla luce dell’esperienza della pandemia, propone come «abitare il digitale» con consapevolezza e formazione senza perdere di vista la continua evoluzione degli strumenti e delle piattaforme digitali. Così da proporre una copertina del libro “interattiva”, con la presenza di un QR Code e lo sviluppo di un algoritmo che accompagnano e ne arricchiscono la lettura con contributi multimediali sempre aggiornati. Prefazione di Papa Francesco." (Publisher description)
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"Les Missions à l’époque contemporaine ont continué de se propager grâce à destechniques éditoriales que les progrès des moyens de communication leur ont procurées. En tout premier lieu, l’imprimerie a permis l’édition de la Bible dans de multiples langues et la multiplication de supp
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orts populaires et érudits. Cette suprématie de l’écrit s’est vue concurrencée ensuite par d’autres moyens de communication : radio, télévision, informatique et, aujourd’hui, Internet et réseaux sociaux. Les politiques éditoriales des Missions ont donc changé : il est temps d’en dresser un bilan, sans doute provisoire. Si lessupports du message missionnaire ont été transformés par les techniques, ce message lui-même a évolué et provoqué la mutation des modèles même de la mission. Quelques exemples significatifs de cette mutation sont présentés ici autour de deux axes : l’évolution de l’écrit, et les bouleversements dûs aux nouveaux médias." (Dos de couverture)
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"Das Craftbook ist ein Werkzeugkasten, der innovative Projekte in kirchlichen Organisationen beschleunigt. Als zusammenhängendes Framework lassen sich die Tools und Methoden sowohl zur langfristigen Prozessplanung, zur Stärkung des Markenprofils als auch zur Gestaltung von einzelnen Arbeitsphasen
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nutzen. Es begleitet Dich von der Formulierung eigener Mission Statements über die Definition von Zielgruppen bis hin zur Wettbewerbsanalyse, Entwicklung einer Markenstrategie und Produktimplementierung." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Die folgenden Handlungsbedarfe und Empfehlungen aus dem MDG-Trendmonitor 2020/21 wurden auf ihre Gültigkeit im aktualisierten Sinus-Milieumodell überprüft und angepasst. Dabei zeigt sich: Das grundlegende Spannungsfeld zwischen milieuspezifischer Affinität (insbes. in den traditionellen Milieus
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) bzw. Distanz (insbes. in den postmodernen Milieus) zu Religion, Kirche und Glaube bildet sich auch im aktualisierten Milieumodell ab. Auch auf Basis der neuen Sinus-Milieus zeigt die Milieuanalyse des MDG-Trendmonitors 2020/21, dass die katholische Kirche ihrem Anspruch, Volkskirche zu sein, nicht gerecht wird: Sie erreicht nicht alle sozialen Milieus bzw. kann nur wenige Lebenswelten nachhaltig an sich binden. Die neu vorgelegte Analyse macht deutlich, wo die gesellschaftlichen Milieus im Spektrum von kirchennah bis kirchendistanziert verortet werden können und welche spezifischen Brücken und Barrieren im Zugang zu Kirche bestehen." (Empfehlungen, Seite 68)
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"Sauver l'Afrique, c'est aussi soigner son image. La métaphore du selfie, de l'autoportrait doit nous inspirer. Les chrétiens africains ont un rôle particulier, d'annoncer de bonnes nouvelles à l'Afrique et de l'Afrique. Je publie ce recueil de textes à l'occasion de mes quarante ans de pratiqu
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e de la radiodiffusion et des trente ans de collaboration avec Radio Vatican comme correspondant du service français-Afrique (autrefois Rendez-vous avec l'Afrique)." (Auteur)
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"The contributions of this special issue are grouped in three sections: context, theoretical framework and empirical research. The first articles set up two important dimensions of the context we are living in that have to be definitely improved if we want to take advantage of the positive sides of
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Covid-19’s effects to bring about real social relations and a good communication of science [...] The following articles deal with three important core components needed to set up a theoretical framework, from which this issue intends to start a serious scholarly conversation around the lessons learned from the Covid’s impact on social communication: (1) how a person knows and shapes his/her judgment in practical affairs when s/he is critically involved in them, (2) why and how science has surrendered to technology in the last decades, (3) and how practical knowledge is socially shared [...] The context and theoretical framework having been set up, the issue enters into the empirical part of our research: several papers examine the news coverage of the Church dealing with the pandemic in a good sample of newspapers around the world, one paper looks at how social media have engaged in the response to the pandemic by the Catholic Church, and another at how local churches have managed the challenges of the pandemic [...] The analysis of worldwide media coverage aims to find out how the mainstream press has portrayed the role of Christian churches and other religious bodies in dealing with the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. All researchers have broadly shared a common qualitative methodology: looking for the frames and inducing the topoi (common places) underlying the resulting frames of the examination of news and editorial items." (Pages 2-4)
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"This book focuses on the ethnographic study of Catholicism and media. Chapters demonstrate how people engage with the Catholic media-scape, and analyse the social, cultural, and political processes that underlie Catholic media and mediatization. Case studies examine Catholic practices in North Amer
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ica, Western and Eastern Europe, Latin America, South-East Asia, and Africa, providing a truly comparative, de-centred representation of global Catholicism. Illustrating the vibrancy and heterogeneity of Catholicism worldwide, the book also examines how media work to sustain larger global Catholic imaginaries." (Publisher description)
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"Study days is one of the most important programs to communicate the meaning of SIGNIS World Congress. In Seoul, we have keynote speakers, panel speakers and discussants participating from fifteen countries to discuss 'Peace in the Digital World', the theme of the World Congress, composed of three s
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essions titles 'Hyperconnected yet alone', 'Fake news and loss of trust' and 'Protection of our common home." (Welcome Message)
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"L’avvento dell’era digitale ha interessato sempre più il settore di ricerca delle scienze della comunicazione con notevoli ricadute anche in campo catechetico. Questo libro prova a rispondere all’esigenza di formare una nuova figura di catechista chiamato ad interagire con i “soggetti digi
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tali” che, in misura sempre più significativa, vanno emergendo dall’attuale contesto sociale e culturale. Il testo esamina i cambiamenti in atto e tenta di descrivere gli influssi che stanno generando sulle nuove generazioni. Infatti, sono proprio i media digitali ad aver condotto ad un inarrestabile mutamento delle dimensioni cognitive, affettive, comunicative e comportamentali del soggetto." (Descrizione della casa editrice)
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"Sacred Cyberspaces reveals how long-standing conflicts over power, influence, and legitimacy within religious organizations are being waged in the digital realm. Oren Golan and Michele Martini describe the tensions that arise as religious groups seek to reach the faithful in online spaces where tra
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ditional clerical authorities have less expertise and control. Focusing on the Catholic world, they examine the rise of devotional digital entrepreneurship and the roles of lay religious webmasters: the video makers, app developers, and web designers who devote their lives to evangelization and who literally run the show. The book also explores the nature of religious experience as it pivots to online platforms: cyberculture, prayer, ceremonies, pilgrimage, proselytization, and the relation to the transcendental. From live-streaming at world-famous sites in the Holy Land to the Instagram feed of Pope Francis, Sacred Cyberspaces evaluates the contemporary media strategies of the Catholic Church and sheds light on the future of religion online." (Publisher description)
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