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"Faith-based broadcasters comprise half of all community radio stations in the South Pacific islands. As such, they reflect the deep indigenisation of Christianity and its central role in Pacific cultural identity. But their position within the media environment is surprisingly contentious. For secu ... more

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Connected Toward Communion: The Church and Social Communication in the Digital Age
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Daniella Zsupan-Jerome

Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press (2014), xv, 139 pp.

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Communication in Church Events: The Making of WYD Madrid 2011

Yago de la Cierva (ed.)

Rome: Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, School of Communications (EDUSC) (2014), 231 pp.

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David Douyère, Stéphane Dufour, Odile Riondet

Paris: L'Harmattan (2014), 232 pp.

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Salam from Pesantren: Santri's Experience in Managing Media for Peace

Nor Ismah

Search for Common Ground (2014), 62 pp.

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Hijabers: How Young Urban Muslim Women Redefine Themselves in Indonesia

Annisa R. Beta

International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 377-389

"This paper analyzes the dissemination of ‘Hijaber’ style through different forms of cyber media (blogs and social network sites) in order to determine how young, computer savvy Muslim Indonesians explore their gender and religious identities while working in the ‘creative economy’ through c ... more

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Preaching, Community, and Convergence: Use of Old and New Media by Progressive Indonesian Islamic Leaders

Nurhaya Muchtar, Jeffrey A. Ritchey

International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 360-376

"The role of religious leaders in countries with very large Muslim populations such as Indonesia continues to attract world attention. However, mainstream media often focus on fundamentalist Muslim clerics. What seems to be missing from these narratives is efforts by moderate Muslim leaders to thwar ... more

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Influences of Religious Telecast in Multi-Religious India: An Analysis of Hindu and Muslim Television Viewers

Binod C. Agrawal

Religion and Social Communication, volume 12, issue 1 (2014), pp. 54-69

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The Commercialization of Da'wah: Understanding Indonesian Sinetron and Their Portrayal of Islam

Inaya Rakhmani

International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 340-359

"The impact of media industrialization on mediated religious expression all over the world has been substantial, and this study tries to understand the Indonesian case by looking at the intersections between commerce and Islamic expression. Focusing on Indonesian Islamic sinetron (soap operas), we s ... more

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Religion in Latin America: Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region

James Bell, Neha Sahgal

Pew Research Center (2014), 309 pp.

"Overall, 84% of Latin American adults report that they were raised Catholic, 15 percentage points more than currently identify as Catholic. The pattern is reversed among Protestants and people who do not identify with any religion: While the Catholic Church has lost adherents through religious swit ... more

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Feminist Cyberethics in Asia: Religious Discourses on Human Connectivity

Agnes M. Brazal, Kochurani Abraham (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xv, 227 pp.

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Mit Gott im Kino: 25 Filmandachten

Dagmar Petrick

Witten: SCM R. Brockhaus (2014), 222 pp.

"Die Filmwissenschaftlerin Dagmar Petrick präsentiert Andachten zu 25 Kinofilmen wie etwa "Billy Elliot", "Die Truman-Show", "Das Leben der Anderen", "Horton hört ein Hu", "Fahrraddiebe", "Die Verurteilten" oder "Erin Brockovich". Das hervorragende Material eignet sich für die persönliche Andach ... more

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L'evangelizzazione della Chiesa Coreana e la Radio Vaticana

Ji Ho Park

Roma: Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Facoltá di Scienze Sociali, Specializzazione Comunicazione Sociale, Tesi di Licenza (2014), 99 pp.

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Competence in Social Communication and Religion: A Christian Perspective

Franz-Josef Eilers

Religion and Social Communication, volume 12, issue 1 (2014), pp. 5-18

"The traditional concept of media education as promoted in several Church documents has to be revised and extended. In view of modern development in communication technology anmd behavior where the roles of producer and consumer change, it has to be extended or even substituted with the concept of " ... more

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