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Audio-Visual Religion in Asia
Material Religion, volume 11, issue 4 (2015), pp. 415-549
The Dragon's Voice: How Modern Media Found Bhutan
St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, updated ed. (2015), 227 pp.
"In The Dragon's Voice, Australian journalist Bunty Avieson provides a glimpse of life beyond the country's exotic exterior. As a consultant to local newspaper Bhutan Observer, she admires the paper's strong social conscience, but finds her expectations challenged in a country where spirituality and
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Globalizing Communication/journalism Studies
International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 5 (2015), pp. 409-515
Media and Religious Communication in Multi-Cultural Asia: An Eclectic Research Agenda
Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House (2015), xviii, 180 pp.
Development and Communication in Sri Lanka: A Buddhist Approach
In: The Global Intercultural Communication Reader
New York; London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2014), pp. 467-479
"According to Dissanayake, the Sarvodaya movement encompasses the ideal of the harmonious social order and the principle of self-reliance and self-transformation as envisioned and encouraged by Buddhist teaching. The Sarvodaya movement also duly asserts that the idea of development should include no
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Clouds of Unknowing: Buddhism and Bhutanese Cinema
In: Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 2: Contexts
London; New York: Wallflower Press (2013), pp. 157-171
"In this chapter, we have looked at how Buddhism and orality have been translated into film in Bhutan. We have argued, that cinema operates as a secondary oral medium, through the various rituals of production, distribution and consumption and, most significantly, at the level of story construction.
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Communication Technology Impacts Thai Culture and Buddhist Way of Life
Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 2 (2013), pp. 108-120
Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 2: Contexts
London; New York: Wallflower Press (2013), x, 198 pp.
Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2013), xi, 272 pp.
"Digital Religion offers a critical and systematic survey of the study of religion and new media. It covers religious engagement with a wide range of new media forms and highlights examples of new media engagement in all five of the major world religions. From cell phones and video games to blogs an
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The Rediscovery of Religious Silence in the Social Media Era: A Korean Case
Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 2 (2013), pp. 138-154
Mobile Mindfulness: Practicing Digital Religion on Smartphones with Buddhist Meditation Apps
University of Colorado, Master Thesis (2013), iv, 92 pp.
"In this thesis, I introduce and focus on the term “mobile mindfulness,” arguing that David McMahan’s elements of Buddhist modernism are intensified when practicing religion on the smartphone. These “mobile mindfulness” characteristics include the creation of transient experimental places
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Religion and Public Diplomacy
New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), x, 224 pp.
"Mixing religion and public diplomacy can produce volatile results, but in a world in which the dissemination and influence of religious beliefs are enhanced by new communications technologies, religion is a factor in many foreign policy issues and must be addressed. Faith is such a powerful part of
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Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Vol. 2: Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere
London; New York: Tauris (2011), xi, 349 pp.
"How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society? This two-volume series analyses the dynamics of fundamentalism and its relationship to the modern state, the public sphere and globalisation. This second volume explores the links between fundamentalism and communication: the rise
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Cyber-Buddhism: Fundamentalism, the Internet and the Public Sphere in Thailand
In: Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Vol. 2: Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere
London; New York: Tauris (2011), pp. 216-236
"In the case of contemporary Buddhism, we have seen how fundamentalism and democracy are connected to each other, and also how the public sphere, mediated by the new technology of the internet, has a role to play in these relations. We have seen how groups such as the 'Santi Asoke' are succeeding de
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Religion and Celebrity
Australian Religion Studies Review, volume 24, issue 3 (2011), pp. 227-360
"This issue of Australian Religion Studies Review examines the intersection of religion and celebrity, both major discourses in the modern world. The six articles examine the imbrication of celebrity with: three traditional religions, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism; the new religion of Candomblé;
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"Dieser Beitrag vermittelt einen Einblick in das mediale Leben des Dalai Lama und zeichnet die Entwicklung vom einfachen Bauernjungen zur heutigen "Marke" Dalai Lama nach. Besonderes Augenmerk liegt auf seinen Auslandsreisen, die ihn in Kontakt mit sowohl religiösen Anhängern als auch hochrangigen
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The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film
London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2009), xiv, 503 pp.
The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film
London: Continuum (2009), x, 426 pp.
Religion und Massenmedien
Berlin: Weißensee-Verlag (2009), 273 pp.
"Die Vorstellung, Religion sei in den Hintergrund getreten und zur Privatangelegenheit geworden, ist überholt. Vieles spricht für eine neue Sichtbarkeit der Religion. Dies enthüllt sich durch verstärktes Interesse an religiösen Sensationen und Themen.
Die Vermittlung religiöser Inhalte, seien
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Spirit Cinema: Handbuch des spirituellen Films
Berlin: Allegria (2008), 351 pp.
"Die 300 wichtigsten Spielfilme, Dokumentationen und TV-Movies mit spirituellem Hintergrund, ausführlich vorgestellt und besprochen mit Photos, Filmographie und Bezugsquellen-Hinweisen. Dazu Porträts der wichtigsten deutschen und internationalen Regisseure, Hintergründe der Filmentstehung und Reg
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