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Cyber Muslims: Mapping Islamic Digital Media in the Internet Age
London et al.: Bloomsbury Academic (2022), xv, 327 pp.
"Providing detailed case studies, this book explores the vibrant digital expressions of diverse groups of Muslim cybernauts: religious clerics and Sufi mystics, feminists and fashionistas, artists and activists, Hajj pilgrims and celebrities. Together, these stories span a vast cultural and geograph
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Covid-19, Communication and Religion
Church, Communication and Culture, volume 7, issue 1 (2022), pp. 1-263
"The contributions of this special issue are grouped in three sections: context, theoretical framework and empirical research. The first articles set up two important dimensions of the context we are living in that have to be definitely improved if we want to take advantage of the positive sides of
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The Digital Continent: Responsible Communication in a Pandemicised World
Christian Institute for Theological Engagement (CHRISTE) (2021), 83 pp.
O sagrado nos jogos digitais: Arquétipos do sagrado no game Dragon Age: Origins
Recife: Doctoral Thesis Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Religião Universidade Católica de Pernambuco (2021), 234 pp.
"A tese parte da constatação de que existem componentes do sagrado que podem determinar ou não as narrativas dos jogos eletrônicos, para investigar os elementos religiosos presentes nos operadores audiovisuais dos games, a partir dos referenciais teóricos da transdiciplinaridade-complexidade e
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Catequese Digital: Por onde começar?
São Paulo: Paulus (2021), 240 pp.
"O livro busca oferecer um caminho de compreensão das mudanças humanas, culturais, comunicacionais e teológicas que a realidade atual traz como desafio e oportunidade para a catequese. A reflexão é dividida em seis eixos temáticos: Cultura Digital, Ciberteologia, Gerações Digitais, Cibergra
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Social Media Conversion: Lessons from Faith-Based Social Media Influencers for Public Relations
Journal of Public Relations Research, volume 33, issue 4 (2021), pp. 231-249
"The growing importance of social media influencers (SMIs) as sources for attitude and behavior necessitate a focus on influencers (and their strategies to influence) in public relations research and practice. This study investigated perspectives among a specific type of SMI – the religious or fai
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Islamogram: Salafism and Alt-Right Online Subcultures
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2021), 38 pp.
Sacred Texts and Digital Culture
Postscripts, volume 12, issue 1 (2021), 146 pp.
Promoting the Faith: Examining Megachurches’ Audience-Centric Advertising Strategies on Social Media
Journal of Advertising, volume 50, issue 4 (2021), pp. 408-422
"Megachurches have a reputation for savvy use of digital media; however, little is known about their advertising strategy or which strategies elicit engagement. By assessing megachurches’ promotional content on social media, this study draws on the devotional campaign framework to examine audience
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Religion, Medien und die Corona-Pandemie: Paradoxien einer Krise
Baden-Baden: Nomos (2021), 134 pp.
Building Relationships with the Faithful: Examining Church Communicators Perceptions of Social Media Influencers in Their OPR Strategy
Journal of Public Relations Research, volume 33, issue 4 (2021), pp. 250-266
"The current study investigates how Church communicators perceive the role of social media platforms and influencers in their overall stakeholder engagement strategy. Building upon the Organization-Public Relationship (OPR) body of literature, we conducted 13 in-depth interviews with public relation
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Kirchen im Social Web: Zusammenfassung einer quantitativen Analyse der Social-Web-Aktivitäten 2015 und 2020. Mit Daten zum ersten Corona-Lockdown
München: Medien-Dienstleistung GmbH (MDG) (2021), 23 pp.
"Während im Jahr 2015 rund zwei Drittel der (Erz-)Bistümer und die Hälfte der Landeskirchen im Social Web präsent waren, sind es in 2020 mit einzelnen Ausnahmen alle. In den letzten fünf Jahren ist die Zahl der Abonnenten und Follower auf den einzelnen Kanälen gestiegen. Auch wenn Abonnentenza
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Digitalisierung aus theologischer und ethischer Perspektive: Konzeptionen - Anfragen - Impulse
Baden-Baden; Zürich: Nomos; Pano Verlag (2021), 310 pp.
"Es geht in diesem Band um die Fokussierung, Ethik und Religion als Teil von gesellschaftlichen Phänomenen zu verstehen, die insbesondere hinsichtlich Wirtschaft und Politik zu untersuchen sind. Da sich Gesellschaft heutzutage jedoch nicht mehr ohne Digitalisierung analysieren lässt, tritt für di
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Revisiting the Distanced Church
Digital Religion Publications; Religion & Digital Culture Studies Network for New Media (2021), 129 pp.
"This eBook provides a follow-up conversation with key contributors from The Distanced Church, published in April 2020, which explored how church leaders were responding and adapting to the need move their traditional services online during the first lockdown of the covid-19 pandemic. Revisiting the
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The Politics of Pulpit Religiosity in the Era of Covid-19 in Kenya
Frontiers in Communication, volume 6, issue 616288 (2021), 9 pp.
"This essay centres on the role of religion in the era of Covid-19. We juxtapose social media and religious practices in a way that challenges the conventional religion of the pulpit to deconstruct the myths and misconceptions around spirituality in the era of Covid-19. We show the transformation of
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The Value of Spiritual Conversation in the Digital Age
Ignaziana: Rivista di Ricerca Teologica, volume 31 (2021), pp. 75-111
"This study opened its first part analyzing the current digital communication culture with the question of how authentic communication is possible, in line with Pope Francis’ particular sense of pastoral care and outlook, for today’s digital environment. It found that the digital communication c
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Práxis religiosa digital em tempos de pandemia: O caso católico
Tropos: Comunicação, Sociedade e Cultura, volume 10, issue 1 (2021), 27 pp.
"Este texto busca analisar a práxis religiosa digital da Igreja Católica no Brasil, isto é, as práticas católicas brasileiras no ambiente digital e as reflexões eclesiais sobre tal processo, ao longo da pandemia do coronavírus. Para isso, realizou-se um estudo de caso sobre o site da Conferê
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What a Friend We Have in Facebook: Norwegian Christian Churches’ Use of Social Media
Journal of Media and Religion, volume 20, issue 3 (2021), pp. 123-142
"This study examines how Christian churches in Norway use social media. The key finding is that the churches do not take extensive advantage of the opportunities for two-way communication offered by the platforms, but primarily use their social media channels to promote church activities or broadcas
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O pastor de internet e a midiatização digital da religião
Tropos: Comunicação, Sociedade e Cultura, volume 10, issue 1 (2021), 19 pp.
"Os pastores de internet ocupam um lugar de fala privilegiado e põem em circulação as estratégias para o compartilhamento de suas respectivas mensagens, tornando-se referências para os seus milhões de seguidores. No cenário brasileiro, um dos youtubers mais famosos quando se trata de pregaç
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A intersecção entre desinformação, religião e pandemia: A atuação de canais religiosos no YouTube no contexto da COVID-19
Tropos: Comunicação, Sociedade e Cultura, volume 10, issue 1 (2021), 30 pp.
"Este artigo discute a interseção entre desinformação e religião a partir de canais do YouTube tendo como cenário a pandemia de COVID-19. Para tanto, são analisados 75 materiais audiovisuais postados em dois canais do YouTube – do Pastor Silas Malafaia e do Instituto Plinio Corrêa de Olive
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