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Missionary Printing

M. Antoni Üçerler
In: The Book: A Global History
Michael F. Suarez, H. R. Woudhuysen (eds.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2013), pp. 107-115
"As Europeans began to travel to all corners of the earth beginning in the 15th century, they were determined not only to conquer new lands but also to spread their faith. From Johann Gutenberg they had learned the power of the printed word, and were determined to use this revolutionary new technolo ... more
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The History of the Book in the Muslim World

Geoffrey Roper
In: The Book: A Global History
Michael F. Suarez, H. R. Woudhuysen (eds.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2013), pp. 524-552
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Religious Broadcasting as Public Service

Imrich Jenca, Zdenka Sekerešova, Helena Zárubová
European Journal of Science and Theology, volume 9, issue 6 (2013), pp. 61-70
"Religious broadcasting represents one of the basic elements of the public service broadcasting (broadcasting for the public benefit). It serves various public needs and purposes - according to the ritual model of communication it serves the intermediary function (it allows to participate in the lit ... more
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Emerging Christian Media in Egypt: Clerical Authority and the Visualization of Women in Coptic Video Films

Febe Armanios
International Journal of Middle East Studies, volume 45, issue 3 (2013), pp. 513-533
"This article examines the depiction of women and gender within Coptic Orthodox video films or “hagiopics” produced between 1987 and 2010. As part of a recent religious renewal, hagiopics have expanded, altered, and reinvented traditional stories of saints and pious figures and have also generat ... more
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Hinduism and Internet in 2010-12: An Essay on Websites, Blogs, Social Media, Censorship and 'Internet Hindu'

Kiran Thakur, Achyut Vaze
Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 1 (2013), pp. 53-62
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What Would Jesus Post? Seven Principles Christians Should Follow in Social Media

Brian D. Wassom
Bloomington (Indiana): WestBow Press (2013), 103 pp.
"Social media gives each of us enormous power to influence others for good or ill. But far too many Christians ignore the opportunities and undermine their own reputations through thoughtless words shared online. This book comes directly from the author's experiences as an attorney and a church lead ... more
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Religion Across Media: From Early Antiquity to Late Modernity

Knut Lundby (ed.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2013), xxiii, 215 pp.
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Exploring the Diegesis of the Haridasi Kirtan: A Critical Study

Sanjay Ranade
Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 1 (2013), pp. 22-32
"It is argued that to identify an Indian theory of communication Rasa and Dhvani experience must be studied in multimedia and multicultural contexts of the contemporary media universe and that such a theory shall emerge better from an in depth study of Indian folk media. The study explores the world ... more
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Can the Church Use Media Communication Channels? Inherent Features of Media Communication Channels Relative to Religious Messages in the Media

Terézia Roncáková
Central European Journal of Communication, volume 6, issue 1 (2013), pp. 66-89
"The present study is part of a complex research of media language to spread religious messages. It deals with the nature of the communication channel of the mass-media. It is based on the qulitative research carried out especially by means of the methods of focus groups and Delphi Techniques. Start ... more
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Los canales católicos de Hispanoamérica

Leandro Lanzotti
Rosario: Buena Nueva Comunicación (BNC) (2013), 22 pp.
"Este estudio consta de 53 preguntas sobre el personal de los canales, las audiencias, el financiamiento, la programación y las necesidades de formación del personal. Recibieron la encuesta 37 canales de televisión, de los cuales respondieron 23 en 15 países. En relación a los recursos humanos, ... more
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Religion and Television in Indonesia: Ethics Surrounding Dakwahtainment

Dicky Sofjan, Mega Hidayati
Geneva: Globethics.net (2013), 109 pp.
"This monograph provides a critical overview and assessment of the new and rising phenomenon of dakwahtainment or Islamic televangelism in post-reformasi Indonesia. This phenomenon feeds on the increasing materialist, consumerist, nihilistic and voyeuristic culture of celebrity that is currently eng ... more
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Mobile Mindfulness: Practicing Digital Religion on Smartphones with Buddhist Meditation Apps

Joanna Piacenza
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 ... more
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Communio et Progressio: Commemorating the "Magna Charta" of Church Communication in Asian Perspective

Franz-Josef Eilers
Verbum SVD Online (2013), 13 pp.
"On June 3, 1971, a new document on social communication was presented by Gordon G. Cardinal Gray (Edinburgh) to journalists at the Vatican Press Hall. The document was the pastoral instruction for social communication Communio et Progressio, officially dated May 23, 1971. The instruction was demand ... more
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The Media in Society: Religious Radio Stations, Socio-Religious Discourse and National Cohesion in Tanzania

Francis Xavier Ng’atigwa
Bayreuth: Bayreuth University, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), Doctoral Thesis (2013), xiv, 215 pp.
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Comunicación de crisis en la iglesia: Material de base para el taller de la F. Carmen de Noriega

Yago de la Cierva
Madrid: Fundación Carmen de Noriega (2013), 33 pp.
"Si hubiera que resumir la esencia de la comunicación de crisis en un slogan, podría decirse que la comunicación de crisis es prepararse para lo peor. Tiene como fin anticipar, prevenir y prever: identificar las áreas de crisis posibles, determinar su probabilidad, buscar soluciones preventivas, ... more
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Die Lage der Bistumspresse: Ein Blick über die Grenze. Kirchenzeitungen in Poona, Gitega und Leitmeritz

Andrea Franzetti, Annika Franzetti
Communicatio Socialis, volume 46, issue 1 (2013), pp. 44-55
"Anhand dreier Fallbeispiele aus Indien, Burundi und der Tschechischen Republik kann exemplarisch gezeigt werden, wie sehr das jeweilige Umfeld die Schwierigkeiten diözesaner Presse prägt. Mediensystem, gesellschaftliche und diözesane Rahmenbedingungen scheinen als Einflussgrößen auf die Bistum ... more
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Misuse of the Blasphemy Law and Religious Minorities in Pakistan: Report of the International Hearing

Geneva: World Council of Churches Publications (2013), ix, 109 pp.
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Atlas de las creencias religiosas en la Argentina

Fortunato Mallimaci (dir.)
Buenos Aires: Biblos (2013), 265 pp.
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Die Ordens- und Missionspresse in Deutschland: Rahmenbedingungen, Angebot und Rezeption

Christian Klenk
Communicatio Socialis, volume 46, issue 1 (2013), pp. 27-43
"Eine Befragung von Redaktionsleitern liefert erstmals umfassende Daten zur Situation der Ordens- und Missionspresse in Deutschland. Demnach erschienen im Jahr 2012 mehr als 70 Zeitschriften von Ordensgemeinschaften, die zusammen eine Auflage von 1,5 Millionen Exemplaren erreichten. Die typische Ord ... more
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Suggested Practices and Guidelines for Use of Social Networking and Other Forms of Digital Communication

Episcopal Diocese of California (2013), 9 pp.