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Muslims in Cyberspace: Exploring Factors Influencing Online Religious Engagements in Malaysia
Media Asia, volume 42, issue 1-2 (2015), pp. 61-73
"The emergence of Islam and Muslim public spheres in cyberspace has progressed along with the development of Information and Communication Technologies. Just like believers of other faiths, Muslim individuals are enthusiastic in sharing their faith, beliefs, and values at the click of a mouse. Based
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In the Name of God: Faith-Based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries
Why Does the Archbishop Not Tweet? How Social Media Challenge Church Authorities
Nordicom Review, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 109-123
"In summer 2012, the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden appeared on Twitter. There was only one problem – it was not the Archbishop himself who was tweeting, but an anonymous person. A discussion then ensued on Twitter and in the blogosphere between those in favor of the Archbishop and his departm
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Dakwah 2.0: Digital Dakwah, Street Dakwah and Cyber-Urban Activism Among Chinese Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia
In: New Media Configurations and Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Asia and the Arab World
Baden-Baden; London: Nomos; Bloomsbury (2015), pp. 199-222
Social Media Use in Religious Communication: The Christian Migrants of Kerala, India
Religion and Social Communication, volume 13, issue 1 (2015), pp. 65-81
"The paper focuses on the social media use in religious communication by Kerala Christians who largely migrated after India's independence to Ahmedabat, Gujarat, India. Further, the paper attempts to analyze the way digital and social media are accessed and utilized by the migrant Kerala Christians
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Cibergraça: Fé, evangelização e comunhão nos tempos da rede
Porto Alegre: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Master Thesis (2015), 141 pp.
"A presente dissertação examina os efeitos da invenção da internet na teologia e sociedade, definindo o que é ciberteologia a fim de descobrir qual sua contribuição para melhor compreender e inter-relacionar a cultura, a fé e o ser humano contemporâneo. Delimita-se o tema em cibergraça, en
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Mais conectados, mais comuns? Recursos digitais nas experiências midiáticas apresentadas no 8º Mutirão Brasileiro de Comunicação
In: Comunicação popular, comunitária e alternativa no Brasil: sinais de resistência e de construção da cidadania
São Bernardo do Campo: UMESP (2015), pp. 222-245
"Este artigo é o relato de um exercício realizado para o desenvolvimento de categorias de análise do uso de mídias por coletivos e movimentos sociais no Brasil. Parte-se do pressuposto que os conceitos teóricos do campo da comunicação popular, alternativa e comunitária, construídos principa
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Online Mission and Ministry: A Theological and Practical Guide
New York: SPCK Publishing (2015), ix, 130 pp.
New Practices of Self-Representation: The Use of Online Media by Ahmadiyya and Shia Communities in Indonesia and Malaysia
In: New Media Configurations and Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Asia and the Arab World
Baden-Baden; London: Nomos; Bloomsbury (2015), pp. 175-197
Digitale Theologie: Gott und die Medienrevolution der Gegenwart
München: Kösel (2015), 206 pp.
"Die digitale Revolution hat unser Denken dramatisch verändert. Wir betreten mit dieser Technik einen neuen Lebensraum, in dem herkömmliche Regeln nicht gelten und die Gesellschaften lernen müssen, neue Normen auszuhandeln. Der Umgang mit Texten und anderen traditionellen Autoritäten verändert
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Cybertheology: Thinking Christianity in the Era of the Internet
New York: Fordham University Press (2014), xiii, 137 pp.
"In this book, Fr. Antonio Spadaro, SJ, Director of the Italian Journal La Civiltà Cattolica, attempts to address a new phenomenon – Cybertheology. If theology is talking about God, Cybertheology is the way in which God is talked about on the Internet. Spadaro’s background is in literary critic
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There's a Religious App for That! A Framework for Studying Religious Mobile Application
Mobile Media & Communication, volume 2, issue 2 (2014), pp. 154-172
"This article provides a new methodological approach to studying religious-oriented mobile applications available on the iTunes app store. Through an extensive review of 451 religious apps a number of problems were noted when relying solely on iTunes categories to identify app functions and purpose.
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Die Kirche in der digitalen Welt: Die Verbreitung der Frohen Botschaft
Communicatio Socialis, issue 4 (2014), pp. 483-492
"Wenn wir von der kommunikativen Mission der Kirche sprechen, sprechen wir nicht von einer Mission unter vielen. Tatsächlich sprechen wir über den fundamentalen Grund, warum die Kirche existiert. Die Kirche existiert durch den Willen Gottes und sie existiert genau zu dem Zweck, die Frohe Botschaft
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Playing with Religion in Digital Games
Bloomington; Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (2014), ix, 301 pp.
"Shaman, paragon, God-mode: modern video games are heavily coded with religious undertones. From the Shinto-inspired Japanese video game 'Okami' to the internationally popular 'The Legend of Zelda' and 'Halo', many video games rely on religious themes and symbols to drive the narrative and frame the
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Hijabers: How Young Urban Muslim Women Redefine Themselves in Indonesia
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 377-389
"This paper analyzes the dissemination of ‘Hijaber’ style through different forms of cyber media (blogs and social network sites) in order to determine how young, computer savvy Muslim Indonesians explore their gender and religious identities while working in the ‘creative economy’ through c
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Feminist Cyberethics in Asia: Religious Discourses on Human Connectivity
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xv, 227 pp.
Social Media Guidelines
Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) (2014), 8 pp.
"These guidelines are offered as a synthesis of best practices. They include material compiled from church entities, for-profit corporations, and non-profit organizations [...] In this document, “church personnel” is defined as anyone—priest, deacon, religious, bishop, lay employee, or volunte
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Heretics: Iran’s Religious Minorities
Small Media (2014), 148 pp.
"With this report we explore how different religious minorities in Iran use the internet to engage with their communities in Iran and around the world. To build a representative picture, we drew on diverse sources, piecing together historical accounts, content analysis, legal frameworks, and the voi
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