Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith
Written by Shane Hipps
Narrated by Shane Hipps
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About this audiobook
Flickering pixels are the tiny dots of light that make up the screens of life--from TVs to cell phones. They are nearly invisible, but they change us.
In this provocative book, author Shane Hipps takes readers beneath the surface of things to see how the technologies we use end up using us.
Not all is dire, however, as Hipps shows us that hidden things have far less power to shape us when they aren't hidden anymore. We are only puppets of our technology if we remain asleep.
Flickering Pixels will wake us up--and nothing will look the same again.
Shane Hipps
Shane Hipps, teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church, is a dynamic communicator and sought-after speaker. His previous career in advertising helped him gain expertise in understanding media and culture. Shane lives with his family in Grand Rapids, MI. For more information, visit www.shanehipps.com.
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Reviews for Flickering Pixels
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shane Hipps is currently a Teaching Pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church and holds a Master of divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. Hipps was formerly a strategic planner in advertising and worked for several years on the communications strategy for Porsche Cars North America. Experience in advertising contributed to Hipps' understanding of the media/culture relationship and resulted in the writing of two books on the topic. The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture (2006) is aimed at people in church leadership. Flickering Pixels (2009) "appl[ies] insights about media and technology to some of the basic issues of ... faith and life."Hipps states that "Christianity is fundamentally a communication event" and with this focus he goes on to explore the hidden power of media and technology and its influence on the communication of God's message. By claiming that the medium is indeed the message, Hipps challenges the idea that the methods change but the message stays the same. Method affects the message, thereby allowing media and technology to subtly (or not so subtly) shape us and our faith.Hipps does not present the reader with a moral judgment of media and technology, but does point out that we should think about these ever present influences on our lives. Media and technology might inevitably affect us, but the outcome of that influence does not have to be inevitable. By having an "intentional relationship to our technologies," by studying and understanding them, we minimize their power over us.Those persons with an interest in the religious aspects of media and technology as well as those libraries that support curriculum in these areas would find this book to be a welcome addition to the collection. End notes and a list of resources round out the academic usefulness of Flickering Pixels.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The title and the subject material were such that I could not resist the book. Hipps explores the impact of technology and the media on our daily lives and on our beliefs. I think the book is good and worth reading, but for me it did not teach me that much or provide that much new insight. For someone not in the middle of the technology industry, however, I think the book would be very useful and thought provoking. Even for folks well versed in technology and the media, it is worth reading for the occasional new insights that Hipps brings.