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Faithfully following Jesus in a digital and media-saturated society involves more than not using our devices for explicitly immoral purposes. Forming biblical wisdom requires being aware of how our technological practices might be shaping us in ways contrary to that of Christ. Listen to Dr. Felicia Wu Song, author of Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence and Place in the Digital Age, discuss these important matters with Dr. Keith Plummer.
Dr. Keith Plummer is the dean of the School of Divinity at Cairn University and a fellow with the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics.
Felicia Wu Song is a cultural sociologist who studies the place of digital technologies in contemporary life. Having trained in history, communication studies, and sociology from Yale, Northwestern, and University of Virginia, her research is oriented around the rapidly evolving digital technology industry and how the adoption of social media and digital devices fundamentally alters the landscapes of family, community, and organizational life.
She is author of Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age (Intervarsity Press Academic, release date: November 2021) and Virtual Communities: Bowling Alone, Online Together (Peter Lang 2009). Dr. Song's prior research has included studies of expectant women's online information-seeking habits and the evolution of "mommy bloggers" as social media professionals. She regularly speaks on digital practices, social media, the digital media industry, parenting in the digital age, and spiritual formation at universities and colleges, churches, schools, parent groups, and conferences.
defragmenting is a podcast of Cairn University promoting biblical integrity and thoughtful Christianity.
