Social Media For Evangelisation

Social Media For Evangelisation: Structural and Attitudinal Changes in the Minds of Priests and the Church

David Maria Selvam SDB

To spread the good news of hope, the Church has historically pioneered and championed the art, architecture, music, sculpture, literature, theatre and print. With the disruptive innovation of Electronic media and it's recent advancement of Social Media, the Church began to straggle and eventually trail behind. The advent of Pandemic kindled a structural change in the Church that paved way to the right usage of Social Media for evangelisation. Every Priest is becoming aware of the importance of embracing this new lifestyle which demands basic knowledge of the tools of Social Media. This attitudinal shift in the minds of the priests, understanding the significance of content, clarity and creativity opens the possibility to collaborate with the laity who are experts in the usage of Social Media.

Please read the article written by me in the book titled 'Take Care of Priests' and the book is available with Don Bosco Publications, Chennai. The book cover features my image as well.

I thank the editors of the book Joseph Jeyaraj, Sahayadas Fernando and Jesu Pudumai Doss. 

MOBILE PHONE ADDICTION AS A MEDIATING FACTOR BETWEEN LONELINESS AND ACADEMIC STRESS AMONG ADOLESCENTS 

David Maria Selvam and Vinitha Precilla Cabral 

The young people in the age group of 10-24 year in India comprises one of the precious wealth of India considered by growth and development and is a stage of susceptibility often predisposed by several intrinsic and extrinsic factors that affect their overall health and safety. Mental health problems have significant repercussions for every feature of young people’s lives including their proficiency to engage with education, make and keep friends, have constructive family and peer relationships. Adolescents have unique characteristics that are different from any other age group. It is estimated that around 20% of the world’s adolescents have a mental health or behavioural problem. Up to 50% of mental, behavioural and psychological problems have their onset during the adolescence period. There is growing evidence of increased psychological problems in adolescents, especially behaviour problems and suicides. Academic stress is one such problem that the adolescents face in life, which may lead to various issues and addiction. This in turn, affects them in their personal life, social life and in their education. The present study investigated the Mobile Phone Addiction as a mediating factor between Loneliness and Academic Stress among Adolescents. The convenience sampling method was used and the sample size was 106 adolescents from Tamil Nadu. The data was analyzed using mediation analysis in the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS 17). The results revealed that Mobile Phone Addiction Mediates between Loneliness and Academic Stress among Adolescents. The implications of the results are discussed.

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"Mobile Phone Addiction as a mediating factor between Loneliness and Academic Stress among Adolescents", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp532-541, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901770.pdf