The Church of the network

Image 1: The Church network

“Narratives can create a very different world, one where pressure evolves from a source of stress to a source of excitement, calling us to achieve even more of our potential, both as individuals and collectively”. (Hagel, 2013).  However some narratives have escaped the constraints of authorship, distribution and storytelling through the use of socially created network narratives. This is due to the three central functions of a narrative are representing a situation on unsolved dilemma, it invites viewers to perform a role in the story and finally the network is revolved around a system of beliefs or ethics that resonate with the participants of that group. These functions are very prevalent in the Catholic Church through their methods to communicate their power to the people which evidently forms a sense of community that gives a sense of realness to your everyday life.

By providing this sense of realness and worth to the church there is always a possibility for people not being authentic due to not wanting to being judged for instance someone who has commit a crime or something however the church always provides acceptance so there is no need to be fake or lie about who you are.  This relates to the having a sense of place in society where otherwise would be excluded and is also relates to the self-improvement through narrative (McNeill, 2012, pp. 68). In this case the Catholic Church. 

The Catholic Church displays these networks through the use of such narratives where there is one discrete goal and but don’t necessary have to come together to achieve their goal of going to heaven this narrative of one idea and one belief allows the network to spread across the world to spread the message of their God.

References

Kuttainen, V. (2016). BA1002: Our Space: Networks, Narratives and the Making of Place, week 6 notes (PowerPoint Slides). Retrieved from https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au/  

McNeill, L. (2012). There Is No "I" in Network: Social Networking Sites and Posthuman Auto/Biography. Biography,35(1), 65-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/bio.2012.0009