Digital media, young adults, and religion : an international perspective

Digital media, young adults, and religion : an international perspective / edited by Marcus Moberg and Sofia Sjö.

"It has become increasingly clear that an adequate understanding of contemporary processes of social, cultural, and religious change is contingent on an appreciation of the growing impact of digital media. Utilising results of an unprecedented global study, this volume explores the ways in whic...

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Other Authors: Moberg, Marcus, 1978- (Editor), Sjö, Sofia, 1977- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Series:Routledge studies in religion and digital culture.
Subjects:
Digital media > Religious aspects.
Social media > Religious aspects.
Internet > Religious aspects.
Young adults > Religious life.
Mass media in religion.
Religion and culture.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
RELIGION / Faith
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Digital media > Religious aspects
Internet > Religious aspects
Mass media in religion
Religion and culture
Social media > Religious aspects
Young adults > Religious life
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on contributors
  • Part I Theoretical and methodological perspectives
  • 1 Introduction: young adults, religion, and digital media in international perspective
  • 2 Digital media and religion in an international context: perspectives on identity, connection, and authority
  • 3 A mixed-method approach to youth and digital religion
  • Part II Applications and cases
  • 4 Contents and discontents of Internet and social media use in the religious lives of Ghanaian young adults
  • 5 The Internet, social media, and the critical interrogation of traditional religion among young adults in Peru
  • 6 A view on religious socialization in contemporary China: the role of new media, literature, education, and participation
  • 7 Internet and social media use and religion among minority groups in Israel: a case study of Muslim and Druze young adults
  • 8 Religion, social media, and young adults in Turkey: a case study of religious engagement and volunteering
  • 9 Between tradition and innovation: social media in the religious lives of young adults in Poland
  • 10 Finnish university students' social media use in the light of the Faith Q-Sort prototypes
  • Appendix: Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG) Project Survey
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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