Presented by Fr. Stephen Cuyos, from the Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA)
Organizational Seminar on the Parish Social Communication Ministry
San Carlos Seminary
28 May 2011
2. OBJECTIVE
To explore how we can take full
advantage of social media to
“contribute to the satisfaction of
the desire for meaning, truth and
unity.”
3. “The new communication
technologies must be placed at
the service of the integral good
of the individual and of the whole
of humanity. If used wisely, they
can contribute to the satisfaction
of the desire for meaning, truth
and unity which remain the most
profound aspirations of each
human being.”
Pope Benedict XVI. Message for the
45th World Communications Day, 2011.
6. WHY USE SOCIAL MEDIA?
BECAUSE PINOY TEENS FAVOR
THE INTERNET MORE THAN TV
AND PRINT
Source: http://aboutmyrecovery.com/2009/03/26/yahoo-nielsen-first-ever-internet-habits-study-for-the-philippines/
7. WHY USE SOCIAL MEDIA?
BECAUSE 83 PERCENT OF ONLINE
PINOYS USE SOCIAL MEDIA
Source: http://www.socialbakers.com/facebook-statistics/philippines
8. WHY USE SOCIAL MEDIA?
BECAUSE VISITING SOCIAL
NETWORKING SITES IS NOW THE
MOST POPULAR ONLINE ACTIVITY
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Source: http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/PH
9. TEN OF THE MOST VISITED WEBSITES
IN THE PHILIPPINES (AS OF 28 MAY 2011):
1) Facebook 6) Blogger
2) Google 7) Wikipedia
3) Yahoo! 8) Twitter
4) Google.com.ph 9) Sulit
5) YouTube 10) WordPress
Source: http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/PH
10. 99 MILLION
PINOYS
MILLION
30 WITH WEB
ACCESS
24 MILLION ON
FACEBOOK
Sources: http://www.internetworldstats.com/asia/ph.htm
http://www.socialbakers.com/facebook-statistics/philippines
16. “To proclaim the Gospel through
the new media means not only
to insert expressly religious
content... but also to witness
consistently, in one's own digital
profile and in the way one
communicates choices,
preferences and judgments that
are fully consistent with the
Gospel...”
Pope Benedict XVI. Message for the
45th World Communications Day, 2011.
18. “Images are also a preaching of
the Gospel. It can express
much more than what can be
said in words, and be an
extremely effective and dynamic
way of communicating the
Gospel message.”
Pope Benedict XVI. Introduction to the "Compendium"
of the catechism of the Catholic Church, 2005.
29. “Priests are thus challenged to
proclaim the Gospel by employing the
latest generation of audiovisual
resources (images, videos, animated
features, blogs, websites) which,
alongside traditional means, can open
up broad new vistas for dialogue,
evangelization and catechesis.”
Pope Benedict VXI. Message for the
44th World Communications Day, 2010.