They open up boundless horizons, allow you to cancel enormous distances in just a few moments, bring together friends and relatives, and can give enormous echo to your messages ... But, at the same time, they can be places of loneliness, deception, hatred, isolation ... Social networks can do all this today and young people are the ones who experience and explore them the most.
Education for their conscious and purposeful use is therefore as necessary as ever. "Does being interconnected help me deepen my relationships?" is the question-provocation that closes the video. Proximity, the video suggests, always remains central, even in the digital world.
The one-minute video is available in five languages on the Salesian Missions Sector YouTube channel, on the website www.sdb.org and on the Salesian Missions Sector Facebook page.
The theme of social networks, moreover, ties in well with the upcoming Salesian Mission Day, on which updates will be forthcoming.