Part 1
Provide a three to five sentence response to the question below.
What is one example of a time when you were misled by something you read or saw on the internet? Why or how did it mislead you? Or if you do not have an example, what is an example of when others have been misled by something they read or saw on the internet, and why or how did it mislead them?
Provide a three to five sentence response to the question below.
Can you really be "friends" with someone through social media, without interacting with them in "real life"? Explain.
Provide a three to five sentence response to the question below.
What is one example of when you behaved badly online in a way you would not "in real life"? Or if you do not have an example, what is an example of when someone behaved badly toward you online?
Part 2
Complete the following questions by typing your responses into this Word document. Then save and upload the document to Canvas.
1. In chapter 6 of Aquinas on the Web, Jana Bennett describes the controversy over theologian Rob Bell's book Love Wins. What was this controversy about, and why does Bennett believe it was significant?
2. In chapter 6 of Aquinas on the Web, Jana Bennett claims that to be good online it helps to be good offline, and vice versa. In the table below, explain what she means by each of these.
Good Offline → Good Online
Good Online → Good Offline
3. In "GamerGate: A Scandal Erupts in the Video-Game Community," Simon Parkin explains the GamerGate controversy. Who is Anita Sarkeesian and why was her life threatened?
Part 3
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1. In chapter 4 of Aquinas on the Web, Jana Bennett discusses how the internet has changed how Catholics think about the authority of the Catholic Church (the Magisterium). She refers to the theologian Anthony Godzieba. What is Godzieba's main argument about how the internet has changed how Catholics think about the Church's Magisterium?
2. Explain some of Jana Bennett's experiences looking for churches in the online world of second life, described in chapter 5 of Aquinas on the Web.
3. In chapter 5 of Aquinas on the Web, Jana Bennett discusses how even though online churches are often described as a "new" way of being church, they often take on the characteristics of "old" offline churches. What are three examples of how many online churches have similar characteristics to offline churches, described in the book?