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Muslims and social media: A scoping review
Information, Communication & Society, volume 28, issue 11 (2025), pp. 1908-1922
"As Muslim individuals, communities, and institutions have been transformed by the digital revolution, a literature has developed that seeks to contribute knowledge about these changes. Pioneering studies in this field suggest that this literature has a focus on digital documents. This scoping liter
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Understanding Media Consumption, Preferences, and Satisfaction of South and Southeast Asian Religious Online Media Consumers: The Case of Radio Veritas Asia’s Website
Religion and Social Communication, volume 23, issue 2 (2025), pp. 426-450
"The way people communicate, gather, and process information continues to evolve in response to new communication technologies. With the rise of the internet and digital media, the use of traditional media platforms, such as radio, decreased. Radio Veritas Asia (RVA), a non-profit Catholic radio sta
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Confucian Values and Their Contemporary Applications on Social Media
Religion and Social Communication, volume 23, issue 2 (2025), pp. 281-302
"This research explores the ethical implications of using social media and fostering interfaith dialogue across religious traditions and cultures, utilizing Confucian principles as a framework for analysis. This research delves into the nuanced exploration of the Confucian Golden Rule within the Ana
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Rabbis in Israel, Public Relations and Advertising
Religion and Social Communication, volume 23, issue 2 (2025), pp. 303-321
"This article discusses public relations (PR) and advertising in the work of the rabbi in Israel. The rabbi's influence is felt within the religious population such as through the Sabbath sermon from the synagogue pulpit to congregants, but the media is an additional channel to spreading the rabbi's
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Del camino de Emaús a la misión en red. Hacia una Iglesia sinodal en “salida digital”
Yachay, volume 42, issue 81 (2025), pp. 85-124
"Este artículo reflexiona sobre la misión de la Iglesia en el contexto digital a la luz del mandato evangélico de anunciar la Buena Nueva. Inspirado en la pedagogía del relato de Emaús (Lc 24), el texto propone un modelo de evangelización basado en el encuentro, la escucha, el diálogo y el te
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Religious Communication, Interaction and Transformation in a Culture of Digitality: Insights into the Zurich University Research Priority Program “Digital Religion(s)”
Berlin: De Gruyter (2025), vi, 306 pp.
"The articles in this volume present research insights from the interdisciplinary University Research Priority Program (UFSP) ‘Digital Religion(s). Interaction, communication and transformation in the Digital Society’ (2021-2032). The first phase of the twelve-year research program explored in t
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An Ecosystemic Approach to Digital Christianity: How Faith and Identity Formation Evolve Among Youth in Singapore
Religion and Social Communication, volume 23, issue 2 (2025), pp. 322-346
"This sociological and ethnographic study develops and employs an ecosystemic approach to examine the effects of digitalization on religious beliefs and practices among young Christians in a Pentecostal megachurch in Singapore. Through extensive fieldwork and qualitative data analysis, this paper un
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From Living in the Shadows to Facebook Livestreams: The Impact of Social Media on Current Mediumship Practice of Mother Goddesses Worship (Dao Mâu) in Vietnam
Religion and Social Communication, volume 23, issue 2 (2025), pp. 451-473
"This paper explores the transformative impact of social media on mediumship practice within the context of Mother Goddesses worship (Dao Mâu) in contemporary Vietnam. By examining the ways in which spirit mediums and practitioners utilise social media platforms, the study reveals that these digita
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La inteligencia artificial: Una mirada pastoral desde América Latina y el Caribe
Bogotá: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano y Caribeño (CELAM) (2025), 97 pp.
"El trabajo incluye desde nociones generales sobre Inteligencia Artificial hasta propuestas prácticas a los obispos del continente. El sumario incluye antecedentes históricos y evolución de la IA, aspectos éticos, antropológicos y teológicos, recoge el magisterio de la Iglesia, asume el desaf
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"Este novo relatório especial, O Sínodo nas Redes, busca estruturar a análise das principais ocorrências e narrativas de quase 950 redes sociais católicas
durante a segunda sessão do Sínodo sobre a Sinodalidade, ocorrida em outubro de 2024. O monitoramento realizado pela Casa Galileia durant
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"As 12 palavras aqui reunidas – em simbólico compasso com os 12 anos de pontificado – são uma porta de entrada para o coração comunicador do Papa Francisco. Em sua voz e em seus silêncios, em suas mensagens e em seus encontros, ele nos mostrou que a comunicação é alegria que contagia, co
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The Second Vatican Council and the Media: The Holy See and the Challenge of Information Management During the Last Ecumenical Council
Münster: Aschendorff Verlag (2024), VII, 489 pp.
"The book [...] is a significant and original contribution to both social sciences (media and communication studies) and theological disciplines (Church history, institutional communication, pastoral theology and media theology). Its value is justified from several important research perspectives. F
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Comics, Culture, and Religion: Faith Imagined
London: Bloomsbury Academic (2024), xii, 249 pp.
"This open access book offers an overview of the relations between comics and religion from the perspective of cultural sociology. How do comics function in religions and how does religion appear in comics? And how do graphic narratives inform us about contemporary society and the changing role of r
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The flood, the traitors, and the protectors: Affect and white identity in the Internet Research Agency’s Islamophobic propaganda on Twitter
Ethnic and Racial Studies, volume 47, issue 5 (2024), pp. 982-1008
"Between 2015 and 2017, the Internet Research Agency (IRA) – a Kremlin-backed “troll farm” based in St. Petersburg – executed a propaganda campaign on Twitter to target US voters. Scholarship has expended relatively little effort to study the role of Islamophobia in the IRA’s propaganda ca
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Cambio sociotecnológico y religión: La emergencia de los influencers de la fe en el mercado de la comunicación digital
Transiciones justas: Entre el encuentro y el diálogo social, issue 4 (2024), pp. 10-20
"La existencia de un gran número de influencers digitales católicos indica que existe un público amplio y diverso interesado en practicar su fe en los ambientes digitales. La influencia digital ya se ha convertido en una tendencia irreversible en el ámbito católico, con la exaltación de alguna
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AI in the Academe: Opportunities and Challenges for Religious Education
Religion and Social Communication, volume 22, issue 2 (2024), pp. 372-394
"The coming of artificial intelligence (AI), dramatically signaled by the release of ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022, sparked varied reactions and questions in various sectors and industries, including the field of education. Prior to this, AI technology has been gaining ground with its various applica
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"É na unção que se encontra poder": Carisma e organização eclesiástica na trajetória política da cantora Mara Lima
Ciências Sociais e Religião (Campinas), volume 26, issue e024010 (2024), 36 pp.
"Neste texto, analisamos a trajetória eleitoral da deputada Cantora Mara Lima, procurando perceber como a candidata construiu seu carisma nas eleições estaduais paranaenses em 2014, 2018 e 2022, em sintonia com o projeto político da Assembleia de Deus (AD). Procedemos à coleta e sistematizaçã
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The Nexus of Digital Authoritarianism and Religious Populism
Religions, volume 14, issue 747 (2024), 19 pp.
"This paper delves into the intricate relationship between religious populism and the legitimization of digital authoritarianism in Turkey. Specifically, it investigates how the ruling party, AKP, has strategically linked Islamist values to state policies as a means of justifying its repressive cont
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Influenciadores digitais católicos: Efeitos e perspectivas
Deep Insights
São Paulo: Ideias & Letras; Paulus (2024), 413 pp.
"A partir de uma perspectiva diferenciada, esta obra apresenta uma instigante análise do fenômeno dos influenciadores digitais católicos no complexo ecossistema comunicativo e eclesial atual. Além de socialmente relevante, trata-se de um processo que afeta de modo direto o desenvolvimento da pas
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Media and religion in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa: Fojo Media Institute (2024), 59 pp.
"The content analysis shows that polarization is still a major problem in the reporting of religion in the Ethiopian media. Stories are often biased towards the journalist’s political and ethnic stance. Claiming that they are ’secular’, the state media (’public media’) tend to ignore impor
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