social media
How #ThisFlag pastor Evan Mawarire used Facebook to shut down Zimbabwe
By Brian Pellot — July 21, 2016
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (RNS) What started as a social media campaign of flag selfies and hashtags has evolved into a full-fledged citizen movement with "Captain Zimbabwe" as its leader.
Bible Gateway now lets users search the Bible using emoji
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 13, 2016
(RNS) Bible Gateway has introduced a new feature that allows people to use more than 330 emoji in keyword searches.
Ten reasons Facebook died for me last Friday
By David P. Gushee — July 13, 2016
Write me a letter by longhand. Commission a carrier pigeon.
When not reading the comments is not an option
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 1, 2016
(RNS) For journalists at religious media outlets, their faith is both what can make them a target of hate online and what influences their responses.
Online, Muslim women face threats from both Islamophobes and reformers
By Aysha Khan — June 28, 2016
(RNS) Muslim women have created a vibrant space for themselves online. But increasingly, many groups — from Islamophobes to conservative Muslims to feminists — are using social media’s lack of accountability to attack them.
#IfTrumpWereEvangelical makes Twitter great again
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 27, 2016
(RNS) The report that Donald Trump had become a born again Christian tickled the funny bones of several scholars of evangelicalism.
Hackers add rainbows, gay pride slogans to ISIS accounts
By Jerome Socolovsky — June 18, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — The Anonymous hacker collective has launched a campaign to add rainbow flags and gay pride slogans to Islamic State Twitter accounts in response to the Orlando gay dance club attack.
The Gospel Coalition and how (not) to engage culture
By Jonathan Merritt — June 6, 2016
The ministry blocks dissenters and ignores journalists who might ask difficult questions. This is not engaging culture, but evading culture.
Pope Francis chats with social media stars
By David Gibson — May 30, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) George Clooney, Salma Hayek and Richard Gere met the pontiff, as well as a dozen YouTube stars in an A-list weekend at the Vatican -- with a serious message.
Why do we pick-and-choose our religious beliefs? Blame social media
By Tobin Grant — May 16, 2016
We now pick the emojis that go with our beliefs.
Pope Francis to spread his message on Instagram
By Rosie Scammell — March 16, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The social media-savvy Vatican will expand the pontiff's impressive online presence with the first "Franciscus" posting on Saturday.
To silence propaganda, Iraq seeks to take Islamic State offline
By Reuters — February 4, 2016
Iraq is trying to deal a blow to the group's potent propaganda machine which relies heavily on social media to inspire its followers to wage jihad.
Clergy learn new media to reach a new flock
By Heidi Thompson — January 25, 2016
At a writing workshop, faith leaders explore social media, blogging and opinion writing in effort to reach the “nones” — the religiously unaffiliated.
‘You ain’t no Muslim, bruv’ trends after London metro attack
By Reuters — December 7, 2015
An alleged terrorist stabbing in the London Metro provoked a defiant riposte from a bystander that has struck a chord in Britain: "You ain't no Muslim, bruv."
Muslim civil rights advocates see the limitations of social media activism
By Julie Poucher Harbin — December 4, 2015
(RNS) After a string of successful social media campaigns had buttressed the fledgling Muslim activist ranks, many are now seeing the medium’s limitations.
