• Vigilanti Cura (On Motion Pictures), Pope Pius XI
• Miranda Prorsus (On Motion Pictures, Radio and Television) Pope Pius XII
• Inter Mirifica Vatican II
• Communio et Progressio Pontifical Commission for Social Communications
• Evangelii Nuntiandi, Pope Paul VI
• Redemptoris Missio, Pope St John Paul II
• Aetatis Novae Pontifical Council for Social Communication (PCCS)
• Ethics in Communications PCCS
• Letter to Artists, Pope St John Paul II
• Towards a Pastoral Approach to Culture Pontifical Council for Culture
• Ethics in Advertising PCCS
• The Church and Internet PCCS
• Ethics in Internet PCCS
• The Rapid Development PCCS
• Motu Proprio for the Establishment of the Secretariat for Communication Pope Francis

US Conference of Catholic Bishops

• Social Media Guidelines

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

• Social Networking Policy for the Catholic Church in Australia

• 2019: "We are Members of One Another" (Eph 4:25): From Social Network Communities to the Human Community
• 2018: "The Truth Will Set You Free" (Jn 8:32): Fake News and Journalism for Peace
• 2017: "Fear Not, for I am with You" (Is 43:5): Communicating Hope and Trust in our Time
• 2016: Communication and Mercy: A Fruitful Encounter (50th World Communications Day)
• 2015: Communicating the Family: A Privileged Place of Encounter with the Gift of Love
• 2014: Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture of Encounter
• 2013: Social Networks: portals of truth and faith; new spaces for evangelization.
• 2012: Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization  (NB: Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization was that year)
• 2011: Truth, Proclamation and Authenticity of Life in the Digital Age
• 2010: The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word
• 2009: New Technologies, New Relationships. Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship (on social networking)
• 2008: The Media: At the Crossroads between Self-Promotion and Service. Searching for the Truth in order to Share it with Others.
• 2007: Children and the Media: A Challenge for Education
• 2006:The Media: A Network for Communication, Communion and Cooperation
• Messages for  1979-2005
• Messages for 1967-1978

The Baragli Project

Currently in Beta (and in Italian only), the Baragli Project is a collection of any and all Church documents related to communication (not just technological communication).  The list of available documents (only the pertinent section is provided from the link) goes all the way back to the Muratorian Fragment and the Acts of the Apostles!

STUDIES

• Pew Research Center: The Evolution of Technology Adoption and Usage 2017
• Pew Research Center: Technology and Internet Access data 2000-2017
• Pew Research Center: Book Reading 2016 How much Americans read, and what instruments they prefer for reading books.
• Pew Research Center 2017 Study on “Password-challenged Internet Users”
• The Digital DNA of Gen Z: Presentation on the social media habits of Generation Z (born mid-90's-early 2000); presentation at the 2016 Digital Citizenship Summit. Slideshare program also available.
• Nielsen 2106 Social Media Report: Gen Xers use social media more than Millennials do?
• Pew Research Center: US Smartphone Use 2015
• Pew Research Internet Project: Social Media and the "Spiral of Silence": 2014 study on the way social media can actually inhibit the free expression of opinions through self-censorship 
• CARA 2012 study of Catholics' use of social media (commissioned by the US Bishops)
• Digital Natives: The complete Frontline documentary.
• Common Sense Media: Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View their Digital Lives: 2012 survey of 13-17 year-olds.
• Pew Research Center: The Rise of Apps Culture (what's on your cell phone?).
• Pew Research Center: Understanding the participatory news consumer: How internet and cell phone users have turned news into a social experience.
• Pew Research Center for People and the Press: Americans Spending More Time Following the News: Where Americans are getting their news and what they're doing with it.
• Pew Research Center: The Rise of e-Reading
• Oxford Internet Surveys on the Internet Cultures in the UK
• Problematic Internet Use: An Overview from the National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine

EVEN MORE ARTICLES (2012 and earlier)

Social Media Guidelines: What's the Point? The purpose and key provisions ministry groups should have with regard to social media guidelines.

Catholic blogger and author Brandon Vogt tells the story behind the revised social media guidelines for the Diocese of Orlando. It's a happy story of "before and after" as the diocese moved to include the "social" in their approach to new media.

Justin Wise's "Ultimate List of Social Media Policies for Churches and Ministries" offers a fine range of sample guidelines from US churches, plus a link to Wise's free social media e-book--an example of the open source ethic of offering something of value at no cost (except for your e-mail address).

Archdiocese of Chicago:  Guidelines on Communicating Electronically with Minors

Here are some commercial organizations and their social media guidelines:

• The Coca-Cola Company
• The BBC
• Ford Motor Company
• Intel UK (a really good model!)
• Tesco (UK) has a nice graphical approach
   

DropBox: Free online storage; great for sharing files.

Mega.NZ Free encrypted storage (50 gb!)

WeTransfer.com is a very useful service for sending (but not storing) large files.

Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning Slideshare program on copyright issues; specific to education, but it's best to have a strong appreciation of what is required and what is not. Read the comments, too: they are very informative!
Social Media Citation Guide: How to credit your sources when you found them online; MLA  and APA formats.
Facecrooks: Keeps you up to date on security and privacy issues as FB policies change. Also on hoaxes and scams. Includes a news section on the “Creep of the Week” with examples of abusive use of FB, and a way to report suspicious links or possibly fake fan pages.
Common Sense Media: Links to articles and videos on a number of media-related issues concerning children and families.
A note about privacy laws ("the Right to be Forgotten") in Europe.
Digital Training Institute (Ireland)
One-page articles (pdf handouts) on aspects of social media, published by an energy company, Solari.

To Follow on Twitter

Social Media by the Numbers

• People Walking with Cellphones
• I Forgot My Phone
• 25 Amazing Facebook Statistics You Should Know in 2016
• Did You Know? 2016

Screens and the Human Brain

• What the Internet Is Doing to our Brains
• Barbara Jennings, "Cell Phones, Dopamine and Development" (TEDxABQ)
• Lior Frenkel (app developer), "We Should Rethink  our Relationship with the Smartphone" (TEDxBG, 2014)
• Dr Donald Hilton, Neurosurgeon and Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center: Pornography and the Brain
• Dr William Struthers, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience: Pornography and Brain Plasticity
• 5 Crazy Ways Social Media Is Changing Your Brain Right Now

Social Media and Human Relationships

• Coke Spoof: Introducing the Social Media Guard
• Sherry Turkle: "Alone Together" (2012 TED talk)
• Psychologist Jean Twenge on how digital devices affect child development
• Allison Graham: "How Social Media Makes us Unsocial" (TEDxSMU)
• Joe Kraus: "Slow Tech"
• Gerd Leonhard, futurist: "Technology vs. Humanity" from the series Conversations with Gerd (#3)
• "Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?" Spoken Word
• "Look Up" Spoken Word by Gary Turk (so influential there is even a parody video)
• Eat Together
• Jim Gaffigan on Conan: I gotta take that picture!
• Taina Bien-Aimé, Executive Director, Coalition Against Trafficking In Women (CATW):Pornography, a Justice Issue
• The Science of Internet Trolls

Random Videos Related to Media

• Stephen Colbert: Kids Write a Movie
• A Brief History of Communications
• The New Digital Age: Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen at The Fletcher School (Tufts University) to discuss their book, "The New Digital Age."
• TED talk: The Power of Vulnerability (Brené Brown, TEDxHouston)

Jesus, the Communicator

When Love Sees You (music video)

Pornography in the media is understood as violation, through the use of audiovisual techniques, of the right to privacy of the human body in its male or female nature, a violation which reduces the human person and human body to an anonymous object of misuse for the purpose of gratifying concupiscence...

PCCS document
Pornography and Violence in the Media

Recovery Resources, Programs and Information

RECLAIM Sexual Health Combines brain science and insights from Theology of the Body in a process of confidential, online, anonymous professional help for unwanted sexual behaviors.  A service of the Diocese of Green Bay, WI.

Integrity Restored: Restoring the Integrity of Those Affected by Pornography

Fortify Program: a pornography addiction "detox" program that includes instructional videos, in-depth personal inventory to get at the root causes of the addictive behavior, personalized "battle strategy" and a way to track the trends in one's online behavior. One-time fee (ages 18+); available free for ages 13-17.

CovenantEyes  Internet accountability and filtering. Monthly fee (also provides free downloadable e-books on the brain science of porn addiction and on church-based action).

x3Watch.com programs for accountability partners; mobile-compatible. Annual fee. Basic and Premium level services.

The Victory App developed by LifeTeen; includes daily check-in, journaling and password protection. iOS or Android.

Fight the New Drug Created by and for young adults.

Truth About Porn New site featuring academic research about the harmful effects of pornography.

The Porn Effect

Chastity.com All-round website covers issues around sexuality and chastity formation with a special focus on teens' and parents' needs. Link leads to a short starter list of articles related to porn use.

Additional Articles about Internet Porn Addiction and Recovery:

5 Warning Signs of Internet Pornography Addiction
Don’t Ignore Clergy in Effects of Pornography (Editorial, NCR 2013)
Authentic Art vs. Pornography (in the Theology of the Body)
The Interior Gaze, by Edmund Adamus
What I Wish I’d Known Before Watching Porn, by Lauren Dubinsky
Pornography: Formula for Despair, by Donald Demarco
Review of "The Porn Myth: Exposing the Reality behind the Fantasy of Pornography"

Recommended Books

Cleansed: A Catholic Guide to Freedom from Porn, by Marcel LeJeune
The Porn Myth: Exposing the Reality behind the Fantasy of Pornography, by Matt Fradd

Discover Theology of the Body

A ten-hour video lecture series presenting John Paul's Theology of the Body: a masterful biblical reflection on what it means to be created "male and female, in the image of God." The series gives participants a basis for a profound appreciation of the wisdom of Catholic teachings in the areas of marriage, continence "for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven," the resurrection of the body, and family planning that corresponds to the vocation of the human person.

• For individual or group study.
• Free downloadable study/discussion guide.
• 2 25-minute sessions and 11 50-minute sessions. Includes contemporary issues in the light of Theology of the Body.
• Presented by Fr Robert Sprott, OFM, PhD.

For more information, to view the 25-minute introductory session, and to download the free study guide, go to: http://www.pauline.org/DiscoverTOB