- I've watched, listened to, perused numerous media literacy courses and I found them all worthwhile AND would personally be comfortable using them as a basis for an in-church study course, with maybe some religious / Bible material sprinkled in; that wouldn't bother me personally and would really welcome it (I consider all truth to be God's truth and I consider rigorous, trying-to-be-objective journalism media to be an aspect of His common grace to all). It's a subject I'm deeply interested in both as a consumer and as someone working in marketing/advertising etc.
- BUT my audience may not be so open to something like that... being in the grey zone between overtly religious/Biblical and something perceived as secular...(in other words, a lot of my audience are more dualistic than I am...)
- SO, my approach has been to try to build media discernment tools out from Biblical narratives / examples... and this is where your community help might help me!
So here are some of the 'tools' I'd like to explore: What is missing from most of them is a Bible story/narrative to anchor, guide or kick-off the discussion around the tool/concept/strategy (Everything here is up for revising, including these titles...) ? mark indicates missing Bible story/narrative
- All Truth is God's Truth / common grace - ?
- Disposition of Seeking / Curiosity - ?
- Consume / Discern Together-Community - ?
- Assume the Best - ?
- Know our Biases - ?
- Know our Emotions - ?
- Know our tribe/in-group - ?
- Know more than 1 story: Monoculture vs multicultural The making/compilations... The 4 Gospels
- Know our power (group dynamics, herd mentality...Maybe the children of Israel in desert when Moses is away for 40days?
- Know our world (systems, philosophies, underlying principalities/powers- Apostle Paul at Mars Hill
- Discern Fact vs Opinion -?
- Questions vs Imperatives -?
- Nut-picking/cherry-picking -?
- Bad faith arguments / tactics -?
- Character matters, fruit of the Spirit vs just knowing right/doctrinal purity/head knowledge -?