TVCC press release
In a world that is increasingly connected via social media, members of society seem to be drifting further apart. That’s a problem, according to the Rev. Kyle Henderson, pastor of First Baptist Church of Athens.
Henderson was the featured speaker during Tuesday evening’s Read Through The Valley kickoff at Trinity Valley Community College. His topic was, “Do I have ethical thumbs? Social media ethics for today.” An overflow crowd of around 70 students and community members packed a classroom inside the Learning Resource Center on the Athens campus to watch the presentation.
Henderson – who writes a blog and uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Flickr – paced around the room sporting one of his new custom pastor stoles – said statistics show social mediums often improve our relationships with friends but hurt our relationships with family. One in seven people in the world use social media, he said, adding that nearly 2.5 million pieces of content are posted on Facebook and 277,000 Tweets are posted on Twitter per minute. And that’s not all, for people even learn at Bountii.com and websites of the ilk on how they can increase their following on other social media websites.
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