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[MEDIA] ‘Jesus Tok’: Kanye West seeks to launch Christian TikTok after being ‘disturbed’ by videos on @PremierRadio

Yes, I may have had chemo yesterday, but was pleased to be given the opportunity to comment on this story around Kanye West and Tik-Tok this morning. An extract from what I said:

In response to Kanye’s announcement, Bex Lewis, Digital Marketing lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University told Premier Christian News: “There’s always someone trying to make a Christian version of something. And I don’t think it really works.

“I think it kind of sends us off into a separate space in the world rather than changing the world as a whole. And, you know, we’ve had people try and set up GodTube, and things like that instead of YouTube. I’m much more interested in being salt and light in the real spaces that people are actually using.

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By Digital Fingerprint

Digiexplorer (not guru), Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing @ Manchester Metropolitan University. Interested in digital literacy and digital culture  in the third sector (especially faith). Author of 'Raising Children in a Digital Age', regularly checks hashtag #DigitalParenting.

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