Social Media and Religious Change

Marie Gillespie (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3110488574 / ISBN 13: 9783110488579

Verlag: De Gruyter, 2016

Social Media and Religious Change | Marie Gillespie (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | ISSN | Englisch | 2016 | De Gruyter | EAN 9783110488579 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: De Gruyter, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, productsafety[at]degruyterbrill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 103905014

Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

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

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

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Social Media and Religious Change
Verlag: De Gruyter
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu