Social Media and Religious Change - Couverture souple

Livre 49 sur 81: Religion and Society
 
9783110488579: Social Media and Religious Change
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3110488574 ISBN 13 : 9783110488579
Editeur : De Gruyter, 2016

Synopsis

This volume offers unique insights into the mutually constitutive nature of social media practices and religious change. Part 1 examines how social media operate in conjunction with mass media in the construction of discourses of religion and spirituality. It includes: a longitudinal study of British news media coverage of Christianity, secularism and religious diversity (Knott et al.); an analysis of responses to two documentaries 'The Monastery' and 'The Convent' (Thomas); an evaluation of theories of the sacred in studies of religion and media within the 'strong program' in cultural sociology in the US (Lynch); and a study of the consequences of mass and social media synergies for public perceptions of Islam in the Netherlands (Herbert). Part 2 examines the role of social media in the construction of contemporary martyrs and media celebrities (e.g., Michael Jackson) using mixed and mobile methods to analyse fan sites (Bennett & Campbell) and jihadi websites and YouTube (Nauta). Part 3 examines how certain bounded religious communities negotiate the challenges of social media: Judaism in Second Life (Abrams & Baker); Bah'ai regulation of web use among members (Campbell & Fulton); YouTube evangelists (Pihlaja); and public expressions of bereavement (Greenhill & Fletcher). The book provides theoretically informed empirical case studies and presents an intriguing, complex picture of the aesthetic and ethical, demographic and discursive aspects of new spaces of communication and their implications for religious institutions, beliefs and practices.

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À propos de l'auteur

Marie Gillespie, Open Univ., Milton Keynes; David Herbert, Univ. of Ågder; Anita Greenhill, Univ. of Manchester.

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Éditeur
De Gruyter
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3110488574
ISBN 13 
9783110488579
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
242
Éditeur
Gillespie
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ISBN 10 :  3110270455 ISBN 13 :  9783110270457
Editeur : De Gruyter, 2013
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