Media społecznościowe jako narzędzie wspierające działania duszpasterskie. Ocena wykorzystania ich funkcjonalności w parafii wielkomiejskiej

Abstract

Social media’s tremendous popularity along with their huge potential inflicts a question if they can be used in pastoral care activities. Lasting for over 2 years COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant drop in the number of regularly practicing believers and an important rise of social media users within church believers, especially among young adults. Because of the pandemic, social media became a chance and a tool used to reach out to young people both believers and non-believers but also to the ones seeking God. Therefore, in this paper the Author touches upon the areas of using social media in passing on the faith and proclaiming the Gospel. The author also makes a selection among social media based on their popularity and attractiveness from parishioner point of view. Finally, by using questionnaire survey, the author shall also assess social media functionalities used by selected Parish.