Digital media, young adults, and religion : an international perspective /
Marcus Moberg and Sofia Sjö.
- 1 online resource (xi, 179 pages).
- Routledge studies in religion and digital culture .
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
"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 which young adults in seven different countries engage with digital and social media in religiously significant ways. Presenting and analysing the findings of the international research project Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG), an international panel of contributors shed new light on the impact of digital media and its associated technologies on young people's religiosities, worldviews, and values. Case studies from China, Finland, Ghana, Israel, Peru, Poland, and Turkey are used to demonstrate how these developments are progressing, not just in the West, but across the world. This book is unique in that it presents a truly macroscopic perspective on trends in religion amongst young adults. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars working in religious studies, digital media, communication studies, sociology, cultural studies, theology and youth studies"--
9781351010610 1351010611 9781351010597 135101059X 9781351010603 1351010603 9781351010580 1351010581
10.4324/9781351010610 doi
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
BL638 / .D53 2020
201/.60046
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
"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 which young adults in seven different countries engage with digital and social media in religiously significant ways. Presenting and analysing the findings of the international research project Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG), an international panel of contributors shed new light on the impact of digital media and its associated technologies on young people's religiosities, worldviews, and values. Case studies from China, Finland, Ghana, Israel, Peru, Poland, and Turkey are used to demonstrate how these developments are progressing, not just in the West, but across the world. This book is unique in that it presents a truly macroscopic perspective on trends in religion amongst young adults. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars working in religious studies, digital media, communication studies, sociology, cultural studies, theology and youth studies"--
9781351010610 1351010611 9781351010597 135101059X 9781351010603 1351010603 9781351010580 1351010581
10.4324/9781351010610 doi
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
BL638 / .D53 2020
201/.60046