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Políticas de comunicación del CELAM
Bogotá: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano y Caribeño (CELAM) (2022), 9 slides
"Urgidos por los gritos de las comunidades afectadas por la minería y los gemidos de la madre naturaleza, en comunión con el llamado del papa Francisco y del CELAM, la Agencia de Cooperación Katholische Jungschar (DKA) y la Red Iglesias y Minería (IyM) animamos un espacio ecuménico para interca
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Gifted to Give: 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines
Manila: Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines; Radio Veritas Asia (2022), 142 pp.
"As we share images, words and insights in this coffee table book we likewise rediscover our sense of identity as a Church. From each and every page we will be able to learn how our Catholic faith was formed as a nation, and how it evolved and developed over time. Like when individuals take it upon
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Pastoral Communication in the Digital Age: Reality, Reflections and Response
Deep Insights
Signis (2022), 43 pp.
"In terms of the pastoral challenges presented by ICT, this paper demonstrates the need for the Church and her pastoral leaders to skillfully and wisely navigate the realm of technology in order to put this gift granted by God to the best use. This demands that pastoral leaders and faith communicato
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Sacred Cyberspaces: Catholicism, New Media, and the Religious Experience
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press (2022), xvii, 218 pp.
"Sacred Cyberspaces reveals how long-standing conflicts over power, influence, and legitimacy within religious organizations are being waged in the digital realm. Oren Golan and Michele Martini describe the tensions that arise as religious groups seek to reach the faithful in online spaces where tra
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Topic and Sentiment Analysis of Responses to Muslim Clerics’ Misinformation Correction About COVID-19 Vaccine: Comparison of Three Machine Learning Models
Online Media and Global Communication, volume 1, issue 3 (2022), pp. 497-523
"This study employed three machine learning algorithms, Naïve Bayes, SVM, and a Balanced Random Forest to build a sentiment model that can detect Muslim sentiment about Muslim clerics’ anti-misinformation campaign on YouTube. Overall, 9701 comments were collected. An LDA-based topic model was als
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"Covering the polarizing and fragmented opinions over Islam and the rights of women, for example, requires context, attachment to core ethical values, and stylish truth-telling. Without professional expertise, a good understanding of the issues in play and a commitment to diversity in their approach
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Pentecostalism and Media in Africa: Theoretical Explorations of Power and Agency of Media Platforms and Their Users
Religion Compass, volume 17, issue 1 e12452 (2022), 9 pp.
"This survey paper interrogates four theoretical frameworks often invoked to analyze intersections between media and religion: mediatization, mediation of meaning, mediation of the beyond, and religious social shaping of technology. The paper surveys several research works informed by the aforementi
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Demystifying the Sacred: Blasphemy and Violence from the French Revolution to Today
Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter (2022), x, 303 pp.
"Drawing on cases from revolutionary France to the Russia of Vladimir Putin, the international authors probe the nature and agency of local blasphemy accusations, the historical and legal framework in which they were expressed and the violence, both physical and symbolic, accompanying them. In doing
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#IAMHUSSEINI: Television and mourning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Religion, volume 52, issue 2 (2022), pp. 284-305
"This article is a study of mourning among Shi’a Muslims during the COVID-19 pandemic through a call-in talk show called #IAMHUSSEINI. By analyzing the discourses of callers and presenters and locating them within a visual context of the television studio, this article shows how the viewership of
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Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds
Deep Insights
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2022), xii, 294 pp.
"This book offers a critical and systematic survey of the study of religion and digital media. It covers religious engagement with a wide range of digital media forms and highlights examples of new media engagement in all five of the major world religions. From mobile apps and video games to virtual
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The Approach of Pope Benedict XVI to Media and Digital Culture in Catholic Social Thought
Church, Communication and Culture, volume 7, issue 2 (2022), pp. 391-414
"At a time when there has been a technological development and a renewal in the field of communication, the Church has been implementing its Social Doctrine on the media and the digital world. In his official documents, and with the theology of communication as a background, Benedict XVI has explore
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La formazione dei catechisti nell’era del cyberspazio: Nuovi processi formativi per catechisti
Todi (IT): Tau Editrice (2022), 248 pp.
"L’avvento dell’era digitale ha interessato sempre più il settore di ricerca delle scienze della comunicazione con notevoli ricadute anche in campo catechetico. Questo libro prova a rispondere all’esigenza di formare una nuova figura di catechista chiamato ad interagire con i “soggetti digi
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Digitale Communities: Eine Pilotstudie zur Followerschaft von christlichen Influencer*innen auf Instagram
Berlin: midi; Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung (2022), 88 pp.
"Die vorliegende Pilotstudie kontextualisiert zunächst das Phänomen, das sich hinter dem Begriff „Digitale Communities“ verbirgt im Feld der wissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung und nimmt begriffliche Schärfungen vor (Kap. 2). Im Zentrum stehen dann die empirischen Ergebnisse der Befragung der
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Ecclesiology for a Digital Church: Theological Reflections on a New Normal
London: SCM Press (2022), xviii, 180 pp.
"This volume contains a collection of 12 chapters discussing the theme of the book, which focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications that this crisis holds for the church in the future. The main matter being examined in this book is the ecclesiological challenges and opportunities present
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The Lebanese Media Coverage of Father Mansour Labaky's Prison Sentence
Beirut: Samir Kassir Foundation (2022), 34 pp.
"On November 8, 2021, a French court sentenced Lebanese priest Mansour Labaky to 15 years in prison in absentia. Labaky’s name has been added to the list of registered sex offenders. The court also announced that the arrest warrant issued against him in 2016 shall remain in force. The priest was c
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Adiós al profeta de la Amazonía: Dom Cláudio Hummes (8 agosto 1934 - 4 julio 2022)
Misión CELAM, issue 8 (2022), 15 pp.
"La partida de nuestro hermano, el cardenal Cláudio Hummes, arzobispo emérito de São Paulo, deja un profundo vacío en la Iglesia de América Latina y el Caribe. Su legado, especialmente en la Iglesia amazónica, le permitieron trascender como uno de los más grandes e insignes obispos de nuestro
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