Eugene Gan

http://eugenegan.weebly.com

Dr. Eugene Gan is Executive Associate of the Masters of Catholic Leadership program, Faculty Associate of the Veritas Center, and Professor of Interactive Media, Communications, and Fine Art at Franciscan University of Steubenville in the United States. He helped launch Franciscan University's Multimedia Concentration that prepares students for careers designing digital content ranging from video games, special effects, and animation, to websites, videos, and educational software.

An expert on many aspects of new media technology, Dr. Gan has given keynotes, presentations, and talks, and has taught, written, produced, and worked for more than a decade in the media industry designing multimedia productions for numerous clients. He has appeared on multiple TV and radio shows including Franciscan University Presents, Living Right with Dr Ray, The Bishop's Hour, The Jesse Romero and Terry Barber Show, This Is The Day Show, The Drew Mariani Show, Kresta In The Afternoon, The Roman Observer, Catholic Answers Live, EWTN Bookmark, and EWTN Live.

An accomplished artist, his artwork has been commissioned and won awards in national fine arts competitions.

His book "Infinite Bandwidth: Encountering Christ in the Media" is grounded in Scripture and the Magisterial documents and is a handbook and practical help for parents, teachers, catechists, new media producers and consumers striving to engage media in balanced, meaningful, and healthy ways in daily life.

Dr. Gan and his wife, Cindy, reside in Steubenville, Ohio with their four children, John Paul, Maximilian Kolbe, Benedict, and Gabriel.

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Media and Technology articles on Aleteia

http://aleteia.org/author/eugene-gan/

EWTN Live with Dr. Eugene Gan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV6juJ6XDeI

Endorsements:

Dr. Eugene Gan is a distinguished professor of communications at the famous Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. He has literally made his own the documents of the Catholic Church on communications and has presented them in a most engaging and interesting manner in seven "media keys" and a fascinating introduction, "Googling with God: A Catholic Approach to Media".

In an increasingly secularized environment, in which religion is no longer featured except in a sensational manner in the general media and in which it is so often forced to live in a ghetto, Dr. Gan offers a challenging vision of how, why and when to use all media in an imaginative, challenging and faith-filled way.

His stimulating first chapter, "The Media Landscape", offers what he calls "A Bird's Eye View of the Digital World." This is followed by seven "media keys": Balance, Attitude Awareness, The Dignity of the Human Person, Truth-Filled, Inspiring, Skillfully Developed, Motivated by and Relevant to Experience.

Frankly, I wish that such a book had existed when I was president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications as a text which I could have recommended. The important thing, however, is that it exists now to provide a text, context and challenge for those who wish to bring both Christian principles and professional excellence to their work in the media.

-John Patrick Cardinal Foley

Grand Master, Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

President Emeritus, Pontifical Council for Social Communications

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A very helpful guide to a very important but difficult issue: How do

Catholics relate to the media explosion? Eugene Gan offers a thoughtful and

constructive analysis, which is sure to illuminate and guide.

-Dr Scott Hahn

Author, Speaker, and Professor of Theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville

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Some things take experience. Some things take a dad. And other things take a university professor. And some things must take all three. Eugene Gan has drawn on his experience as a user and creator of all sorts of media, his concerns as a father, and his understanding of the way college students live with their ever-present electronics to create a book that answers questions (and worries) that many Catholics may have had in the back of their minds for a long time.

I am delighted with what Eugene Gan has done to make the Church's tradition of teaching on the media not just accessible but practical. (If! weren't using my thumbs to type this, I would definitely give "Infinite Bandwidth" two thumbs up.) His book will be especially helpful to Catholics who (like the Church herself) recognize that the culture we live in is formed in great part by the use of communications technologies. Unplugging across the board is not an option the Church recommends. The Church is not afraid of media! She sees them as "marvels" the Lord has put in our hands.

Gan provides the reader with seven keys to healthy Catholic media use. He drew all seven from official Church documents, synthesizing 70 years of official teaching into a practical guide to living as genuinely Christian citizens of the media culture. His self-evaluation questions are totally on target, addressing not just abuse by excess (unrestrained or uncritical media consumption) but also by defect (limiting oneself to the most unchallenging movies, or failing to create positive media content). Best of all, Gan gives the whole presentation a supernatural grounding by connecting each of the "keys" to healthy media use to a specific virtue.

I commend Eugene Gan highly for a well-crafted work that am going to refer to often and recommend broadly.

Gratefully in St. Paul,

Sister Anne Joan Flanagan, FSP

Daughters of St. Paul

a.k.a. "nunblogger"

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In the exceptionally well-written and researched "The 7 Media Keys (A Catholic Media Guide)," Eugene Gan presents the reader with a comprehensive Catholic framework to consume and critique contemporary media. He skillfully argues that it is critical for Catholics to engage contemporary culture, using Pope John Paul II¹s comparison of today¹s new media landscape to the Areopagus - the social and intellectual hub of ancient Athens where Paul preached to pagans.

-Dr. Derry Connolly, President of John Paul the Great Catholic University

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Infinite Bandwidth: Encountering Christ in the Media by Dr. Eugene Gan is a

great gift to the Church as we experience a surge of media and social

communication. Dr. Gan masterfully pulls together the many Church documents

and statements on media through the years. From these documents, Eugene

gives us seven media keys to help people properly critique all forms of

media. He uses the same keys in helping those who produce media to evaluate

what they are creating and how it can best serve the mission of the Church

in today's world. Dr. Gan makes it clear that people must not run in fear

from the latest technologies and new forms of media, but embrace them with a

critical eye and use them well for proclaiming the truth and beauty of our

Catholic faith in a more credible manner. Dr. Gan demonstrates the

necessary tools to view media with a Catholic mind and heart. His book will

change the way you view your next movie, listen to that new song, what games

you play on your computer and the apps in your iPhone. If all people of

faith follow the seven keys presented by Eugene Gan, they will consume media

and media will not consume them.

- Father Jay Finelli

the iPadre Catholic Podcast & Videocast

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Engaging and thoughtful as all media should be, Dr. Gan practices what he preaches in his book Infinite Bandwidth. He skillfully summarizes over seventy years of Catholic teaching on the marvels and menace of media and offers an engaging reflection as well as a helpful approach to media use for parents and teachers alike. If you are looking for a Catholic guide in this age of shifting values and the proliferation of the communication tools, Infinite Bandwidth is a tremendous resource.

-Father Robert P. Reed

President, The CatholicTV® Network

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Handy Helper for Media Users

By Melissa Knaggs | June 15, 2011

Inspired by Emmaus Road Publishing's book Infinite Bandwidth: Encountering Christ in the Media, a former student of author Dr. Eugene Gan has launched a new website to offer film reviews to Christian viewers. The seven media keys outlined in Gan's book are applied to current films. These thorough reviews are an excellent resource, especially for families. Check it out at the Seven Keys Ministries page.

http://sevenkeysministries.weebly.com/index.html

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Sampling of additional reviews/interviews:

EWTN Live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV6juJ6XDeI

http://emmausroad.org/downloads/chapmanreview.pdf

http://catholicmom.com/2012/10/04/st-peters-seven-media-keys/

http://tiny.cc/9a3rg

or

http://catholicmom.com/2011/10/06/infinite-bandwidth-encountering-christ-in-the-media-catholic-book-spotlight/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Catholicmomcom+%28CatholicMom.com%29

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9850635-infinite-bandwidth

http://www.charlotteweb.org/am-i-a-criminal-now/

http://gregandjennifer.com/?p=3637

http://lostinthelaundrypile.blogspot.com/2011/01/infinite-bandwidth-encountering-christ.html

http://www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/7776/How-to-be-Christian-in-the-digital-world.aspx

http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/responsible-use-of-the-media/

http://www.catecheticalleader.org/2011/08/episode-011-the-gift-of-media/

http://reneesuz.blogspot.com/2010/12/infinite-bandwidth.html

http://www.4theloveoflit.com/2011/02/infinite-bandwidth-encountering-christ.html

http://www.jonathanfsullivan.com/2011/07/book-review-infinite-bandwidth-by-eugene-gan/