Kendall, Peggy.
Valley Forge, PA : Judson Press, c2007.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references.
• Virtual technology — Instant messaging: the new virtual coffee shop — Instant Messaging basics — Where’s the hangout? — What do teens think? — Who’s hanging out? — Social networking: the new weekend party — MySpace basics — How do I make friends? — I’m here, so now what do I do? — Why party? — Virtual challenges — Underlying impact: relationships, community, and faith — Virtual relationships : ideals, intimacy, and disconnect — Virtual community : shedding responsibility — Virtual faith : reconnecting the ties that bind — Social networking pitfalls : garbage, disconnect, and privacy — MySpace pitfall #1: jewels among the garbage — MySpace pitfall #2: the reality disconnect — MySpace pitfall #3: is it public or private? — Instant messenging pitfalls : bare bones, boundaries, and silliness — IM pitfall #1: bare bones text — IM pitfall #2: mischievous misuse — IM pitfall #3: brittle boundaries — Virtual opportunities — Benefits of online ministry : connections, gateways, and openness — Virtual connection — Virtual gateway — Virtual availability — Postscript, YouTube: entertainment made to order — YouTube users: who are they? — YouTube uses: what are they doing? — YouTube challenges: what are the problems? — YouTube opportunities: finding the teaching moments.

Subjects:

• Church work with youth.
• Online social networks.
• Technology — Religious aspects — Christianity.
• Internet and teenagers.
• MySpace (Firm)
• Instant messaging.
• Internet — Safety measures.

Requested by Nelson, JA