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"In this second edition, Gould provides an easy-to-understand, step-by-step guide to digital ministry for those who wish to embrace new technologies to build community and deepen faith. In this expanded edition, Gould delivers new content with humor, helpful tips, and counsel anchored in practical e ... more

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The Dragon's Voice: How Modern Media Found Bhutan

Bunty Avieson

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 ... more

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Stories from Latin America: Changing Religious Landscapes and Political Communication

Dennis A. Smith

Council for World Mission Communications Consultation, Singapore 19-20 Jan 2015, Manuscript (2015), 12 pp.

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The ISIS Twitter Census: Defining and Describing the Population of ISIS Supporters on Twitter

J. M. Berger, Jonathon Morga

Washington, DC: Brookings Institution (2015), 65 pp.

"From September through December 2014, we estimate that at least 46,000 Twitter accounts were used by ISIS supporters, although not all of them were active at the same time [...] Typical ISIS supporters were located within the organization’s territories in Syria and Iraq, as well as in regions con ... more

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Social-Web-Kommunikation der Kirchen in Deutschland: Wie (Erz-)Bistümer und Landeskirchen auf Facebook, Twitter und Youtube kommunizieren

Markus Wiesenberg, Ansgar Zerfaß

Communicatio Socialis, volume 48, issue 1 (2015), pp. 72-84

"Der Beitrag analysiert die Kommunikation der römisch-katholischen (Erz-)Bistümer und der evangelisch-lutherischen Landeskirchen in Deutschland im Social Web. Empirische Untersuchungen der „Facebook“-, „Twitter“- und „Youtube“-Aktivitäten der beiden Großkirchen verdeutlichen, dass di ... more

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Why Does the Archbishop Not Tweet? How Social Media Challenge Church Authorities

Stefan Gelfgren

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 ... more

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Die Grenzen der Beteiligung: Durch einflussreichen Dialog zu mehr Akzeptanz der katholischen Kirche

Felix Krebber, Markus Wiesenberg

Communicatio Socialis, volume 48, issue 3 (2015), pp. 289-315

"Der vorliegende Beitrag diskutiert, inwiefern die römisch-katholische Kirche auf Bundes- wie auf Bistumsebene auf die gesellschaftlich erwartete Beteiligung bzw. Partizipation eingeht. Basierend auf dem organisationalen Neo-Institutionalismus sowie diskurstheoretischen Arbeiten wird die katholisch ... more

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Public Perceptions of the Christian Minority in Turkey

London: Screen Changers (2015), 55 pp.

"The report reveals that for most respondents, Christianity is a concept that is foreign to Turkish culture. Whilst this situation is a consequence of the low numbers of Christians, it is also influenced by educational content and the media. Despite the rich history of Christianity in Turkey, the ex ... more

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Islamismus im Internet: Propaganda - Verstöße - Gegenstrategien

Patrick Frankenberger, Stefan Glaser, Ingrid Hofmann, Christiane Schneider

Mainz: jugendschutz.net (2015), 28 pp.

"Die vorliegende Broschüre fasst die Erkenntnisse von jugendschutz.net aus den Recherchen zu Islamismus im Internet zusammen und beschreibt das Phänomen aus der Perspektive des Jugendschutzes. Im Blick sind dabei vor allem Strategien, mit denen junge User für islamistische Propaganda geködert we ... more

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El periodismo en los años del Che

Juan Carlos Salazar del Barrio

Ciencia y Cultura (La Paz), volume 19, issue 34 (2015), pp. 83-111

"Este artículo examina la precariedad y dificultades inherentes a las actividades periodísticas en la década del sesenta en Bolivia. Para ello revisa dos hechos comunicacionales fundamentales: la formación y desarrollo de la primera y más antigua agencia nacional de noticias: la Agencia Noticio ... more

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Educomunicação: Caminhos e perspectivas na formação pastoral. A experiência do Serviço à Pastoral da Comunicação (SEPAC)

Helena Corazza

São Paulo Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Comunicações e Artes, Doctoral Thesis (2015), 267 pp.

"Nesta tese procurou-se comprovar que o Serviço à Pastoral da Comunicação (SEPAC), um projeto iniciado em 1982, que se dedica à formação de lideranças pastorais e culturais mediante cursos livres, sistemáticos e publicações, foi decisivo para a emergência da teoria e prática educomunica ... more

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Das missionarische Potential der deutschsprachigen katholischen Bloggerszene

Anne Leonie Heiliger

Bochum: Zenrum für angewandte Pastoralforschung an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum (ZAP) (2015), 61 pp.

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Elements for the Formation of Salesians in Communication
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Salesians. Department for Formation, Salesians. Department for Social Communication (eds.)

Makati City - Manila: Don Bosco Press (2015), 336 pp.

"This book, not pretending to cover all issues, is divided into four complementary parts: the first puts the biblical and theological foundations of Christian communication; the second presents some significant experiences of communication developed by Don Bosco in Valdocco; the third offers some go ... more

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Faith-Based Radio: Beyond Spirituality, Encompassing Development

Oluyinka O. Osunkunle, Janina Wozniak

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 2 (2015), pp. 77-94

"This article aims to assess the activities of Kingfisher FM, a faith-based community radio station, and its contribution to development in Port Elizabeth and its environs. A qualitative data collection method, in the form of group interviews, was used to collect data. The analysis of data indicates ... more

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Voice of the Church: A Debate About Religious Radio Stations as Community Broadcasters

Gabriella Velics, Urszula Doliwa

Media and Communication, volume 3, issue 4 (2015), pp. 76-90

"In the Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the role of community media in promoting social cohesion and intercultural dialogue passed on 11 February 2009 by the Council of Europe, stations run by religious institutions were explicitly excluded from the community media definition, as being ... more

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Cibergraça: Fé, evangelização e comunhão nos tempos da rede

Aline Amaro da Silva

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 ... more

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All Answers: On the Phenomenal Success of a Brazilian Pentecostal Charismatic Church in South Africa

Ilana van Wyk

In: Pentecostalism in Africa: Presence and Impact of Pneumatic Christianity in Postcolonial Societies

Lindhardt Lindhardt (ed.)

Leiden: Brill (2015), pp. 136-162

"The UCKG’s phenomenal success in post-apartheid South Africa had been a source of much speculation. Scholars generally attributed the church’s growth to new political and economic processes while the South African media and the church’s critics suspected that the UCKG’s attraction was caref ... more

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Reconciling Conservatives and Liberals: Mission Impossible? How to Effectively Communicate Religious Messages in Public Discourse. Lessons Learned from the Slovak Referendum on Family

Terézia Roncáková

Jurnalism si Comunicare, volume 10, issue 4 (2015), pp. 28-40

"It is quite obvious that cultural and ethical questions have a potential to stir public discourse in countries which claim to be a part of the Western civilization. The ongoing public discourse on these questions has been tagged as ‘culture war’. The conflict itself appears irreconcilable and c ... more

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The Relationship of Young Slovak Catholics to the Media

Terézia Roncáková

Communication Today, volume 6, issue 2 (2015), pp. 62-76

"The article discusses the relationship of young engaged Catholics in Slovakia to the various media outlets which they follow. It attempts to reveal which media outlets are considered to be inspiring and thought-provoking and how are they perceived and evaluated by their followers. The author draws ... more

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