Review article
Digital communication as a new lifestyle in a closed world
Mario Bernadić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4748-7405
; University of Sarajevo - Catholic Theological Faculty, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
The corona virus pandemic proved to be a kind of catalyst in the sense of widening invisible social divisions, ultimately showing the modern world to be divided and essentially closed, despite the existence of numerous modern technologies, which until recently promised to connect the whole world in a single communication entity. In this way, the old social divisions were not overcome, but only further deepened. However, according to Pope Francis, this whole situation also becomes a sign of hope, if it leads us to an insight into the essence of our human nature, and if it provides us with extraordinary examples of human kindness. In this article, we begin from a consideration of different types of hope. Then we examine the extent to which modern technology itself can be a reason for human hope. Next, we look in particular at issues of knowledge and authority in the modern digitalized context, concluding with a consideration of the disadvantages and advantages of certain types of modern interpersonal communication.
Keywords
Pope Francis; social divisions; communication; digimodernism; interpersonality
Hrčak ID:
292527
URI
Publication date:
30.1.2023.
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