"This article discusses public relations (PR) and advertising in the work of the rabbi in Israel. The rabbi's influence is felt within the religious population such as through the Sabbath sermon from the synagogue pulpit to congregants, but the media is an additional channel to spreading the rabbi's
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religious message. The traditional, and secular Israeli Jewish population-as distinct from religiously observant (25 per cent of the Israeli Jewish population)-have no regular daily or weekly interaction with the synagogue, which raises the question of the rabbis using extra-synagogual channels to reach them, notably mass media channels. In order to throw light on rabbis' attitudes to public relations, the author carried out a survey of Israeli rabbis. Overall, differences were found between rabbis' attitudes to PR and actual practice. The actual appearance of rabbis in the media is less. In attitudinal terms, Haredi or ultra-Orthodox rabbis scored highly in rating the importance of PR, compared to rabbis from other streams, even though Haredi rabbis live in cultural ghettos and Jewish life for them is focused on the synagogue and Torah learning. Reaching beyond the pulpit was also important for the more intensive substream of modern orthodoxy, "Hardal". By corollary, it was surprising that PR among the non-Orthodox rabbis-notwithstanding that their arena of religious outreach was secular Israel-was rated lower." (Abstract)
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"Die Lebenswelt der meisten Menschen ist digital, viele Gemeinden sind es dagegen noch nicht. Nicht nur bei sinkenden Mitglieder- und Gottesdienstbesucherzahlen wird es höchste Zeit, Wege zu finden, um relevant zu bleiben. Auch darüber hinaus bieten digitale Angebote viel Mehrwert für ein lebendi
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ges Gemeindeleben. Für alle, denen die technischen Hürden bisher immer zu groß vorkamen und das eigene Wissen zu klein, und für alle, die sich digital noch weiterentwickeln wollen, gibt es jetzt dieses hilfreiche Buch. Anschaulich und praxisnah zeigen die erfahrenen Autoren, wie die Digitalisierung gelingen kann: von Kommunikations- und Kontaktmöglichkeiten über digitale Zusammenarbeit, Alltagsorganisation und Verwaltung bis hin zu Online-Inhalten und Gottesdienstformaten. Häufige Probleme sparen sie dabei nicht aus und empfehlen konkrete und erprobte Lösungswege. Beim Gestalten der "digitalen Gemeinde" geht es den beiden Autoren nicht um eine komplette Verlagerung des Gemeindelebens ins Internet, sondern um ein bereicherndes Zusammenspiel und Ineinandergreifen von Digitalem und Analogem, von Online- und Offline-Angeboten." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"The main research problem of the article is the communication of the sacred in the Catholic Church in light of the theory of mediatization of religion and research on religion in the era of digital media. Communicating the sacred takes place through various channels and in various ways. One of its
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carriers is religious advertising, a special type of visual communication used more and more often in the Catholic Church. It occupies an important place in the social processes taking place, such as secularization and desecularization, and in the religious practices of internet users. The text presents the results of the author’s research conducted using the method of focus group interviews on religious advertising, its definition, typology and goals as well as the elements of the sacred present in it. Religious advertising should be treated as a new, completely separate type of advertising, whose inherent part and sine qua non condition is the sacred. Religious advertising is a form of visibility of religion in public space and a way of communicating the sacred in public space." (Abstract)
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"El análisis de la imagen corporativa de los militares y policías sobre el Obispado Castrense, revela áreas de oportunidad significativas en cuanto a la imagen comercial, la imagen pública y el contenido de valor en las redes sociales y la página web. Estos hallazgos indican que hay margen para
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mejoras sustanciales en la percepción que estos sectores tienen de la institución. Sin embargo, es alentador destacar que el camino hacia una imagen más sólida y positiva está claramente trazado. Las recomendaciones formuladas en este estudio ofrecen una guía valiosa para abordar los desafíos identificados. La implementación de estas recomendaciones, respaldada por un compromiso firme y una comunicación efectiva, puede marcar una diferencia significativa en la imagen corporativa del Obispado Castrense. El seguimiento riguroso de las acciones de mejora es esencial para asegurar que se logren resultados positivos a lo largo del tiempo. Esto implica una evaluación continua, adaptación de estrategias y una atención constante a la retroalimentación de los militares y policías, así como de la comunidad en general." (Conclusión final, página 107)
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"Das Craftbook ist ein Werkzeugkasten, der innovative Projekte in kirchlichen Organisationen beschleunigt. Als zusammenhängendes Framework lassen sich die Tools und Methoden sowohl zur langfristigen Prozessplanung, zur Stärkung des Markenprofils als auch zur Gestaltung von einzelnen Arbeitsphasen
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nutzen. Es begleitet Dich von der Formulierung eigener Mission Statements über die Definition von Zielgruppen bis hin zur Wettbewerbsanalyse, Entwicklung einer Markenstrategie und Produktimplementierung." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This book explores marketing as a genuine component of religious traditions. It investigates the theme across a large historical and geographical area, and in a variety of expressions, ranging from 3rd BCE Maya stucco friezes, early Christian writings, and 9th CE Cambodian inscriptions, right down
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to modern-day propaganda and recruitment strategies adopted by the ISIS jihadi movement, Falun Gong, Muslim Varkaris, spirit mediums in India and Thailand, Thai Buddhist monasteries, and the Vatican. The book is unique in its theme and scope. The chapters were written without a single controlling agenda, but all emphasize the need to view our modern consumer society as only one among many historical conditions that have shaped religious marketing. In fact, it will become clear from reading through the chapters that marketing and propaganda are inherent in religions and their teachings. The broad scope of the book shows religious marketing as embedded in and responding to diverse cultural settings, rather than as an isolated component of utility maximization. It allows us to understand religious marketing as a large window into the mental and cultural landscapes of the studied communities. This will have an eye-opening methodological impact on an area of studies that often limits itself to a narrow view of interactions between two opposing fields: spirituality and the market." (Publisher description)
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"Carlos Luna plantea abordar el reto de la evangelización desde una nueva disciplina a la que él llama marketing religioso. Propone sumar nuevas dimensiones más allá de la comunicación que permiten entrar en relación con los alejados a la fe. Un manual innovador de mercadotecnia religiosa que
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muestra cómo crear nuevos puntos de distribución para llegar a la gente, como crear nuevos productos y contenidos atractivos hoy, proponiendo además un nuevo modelo de comunicación basado en los encuentros de la Biblia. Todo ello para lograr un cambio de actitud favorable en los distintos públicos hacia la propuesta del Evangelio. Un libro inspirador que pretende ser guía para cualquier católico preocupado por la evangelización hoy o cualquier tipo de institución independientemente de su tamaño. Además en este manual, encontrarás ejercicios prácticos para ayudar a tu institución o comunidad cristiana a crear una estrategia que os permita llegar a vuestro público, y dinamizar vuestra comunidad sin caer en la apatía y la desesperanza." (Editorial)
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"Megachurches have a reputation for savvy use of digital media; however, little is known about their advertising strategy or which strategies elicit engagement. By assessing megachurches’ promotional content on social media, this study draws on the devotional campaign framework to examine audience
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-centric engagement strategies: God–Congregant, Church–Congregant, and Intra-Congregational. The quantitative content analysis of Facebook and Instagram posts from 15 megachurches in five countries [Australia; New Zealand; United Kingdom; United States; Canada] revealed that megachurches used the combination God–Congregant & Church–Congregant engagement strategies, as well as the singular Church–Congregant engagement strategy, the most often. Yet, audiences engaged significantly more with posts using the God–Congregant engagement strategy when compared to all other strategies. The use of engagement strategies and engagement received on posts varied according to geographical location and cultural differences, suggesting there may be a cultural aspect to what earns engagement from followers. Advertisers looking to increase online engagement should focus their efforts on persuasive messages that include the object-audience engagement strategy. This study advances advertising theory on engagement by suggesting that engagement is contingent upon the engagement strategy utilized as well as the specific region’s norms around the brand and community." (Abstract)
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"Papal visits to different countries are very important to bring about closeness between the Church and the people. To assure the effectiveness of a visit, it is essential to have a well-planned broadcast of the event. The broadcast will transmit the message to the audience and move it beyond time a
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nd space, transforming a local homily into a universal message. The experience of organizing the broadcast of a visit can be used as a road map to futures visits; this work may help to plan a broadcast from scratch and understand the essential role TV has on today’s apostolic trips. A good broadcast strategy will facilitate the relationship with the media and make it easier to generate content and news with the provided feeds." (Abstract)
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"This volume brings together the lectures and presentations of the main speakers at the eleventh edition of the Professional Seminar for Church Communications Offices: Dialogue, Respect and Freedom of Expression in the Public Sphere, organized by the School of Church Communications of the Pontifical
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Univwersity of the Holy Cross, in Rome in April 17 to 19, 2018." (Back cover)
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"Evangelización efectiva en el nuevo panorama religioso, por lotanto, requiere una reorientación de los programas de Iglesia y mensajes con el status quo de la gente para obtener respuesta positiva. Ello precisa un sistemático estudio de las necesidades, deseos, percepciones, preferencias asi cor
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no la satisfacción de las necesidades de la gente siendo apuntado para la evangelización y alimento espiritual. La naturaleza dinámica de la vida humana y el ambiente hace necesario que la Iglesia personalice sus productos especificos o servicios a las tendencias actuales, patrones de pensamiento y necesidades "empaquetando" el mensaje en un lenguaje modemo-global de los medios digitales mientras permanece fiel a su doctrina." (Conclusión)
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"The purpose of this study was to conduct a communication audit of the Catholic Diocese of Kabgayi with a view to establishing the effectiveness of communication strategies used by Kabgayi Diocese in resource mobilization. The objectives of this study were: firstly, to establish communication strate
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gies utilized by Kabgayi Diocese for local resource mobilization; Secondly, to assess how well the current communications flow is working in supporting the local resource mobilization; and thirdly, to establish the laity's perception regarding the communication strategies used by Kabgayi Diocese for local resource mobilization. The study revealed that the clergy of Kabgayi Diocese mobilize local resources in collaboration with some church's leaders from the laity. It has been recommended that the clergy and laity leaders should mobilize local resources frequently. The study further established that face-to-face group communication, the bishop's pastoral letter, the letters to individuals or families were the most used communication approaches currently in local resource mobilization and should, as a recommendation, be combined with other new communication approaches, such as, radio, television, newsletter, event fundraising, notice boards, and social media, especially WhatsApp. The study found out that there was lack of a resource mobilization strategic plan and a communication plan to support it at the parish and diocesan level. Therefore, the formulation of these two kinds of strategic plans has been perceived as a matter of urgency for Kabgayi Diocese. The study revealed that the amount of information currently received by the laity on local resource mobilization and related themes was not adequate. The study established that the information flow about local resource mobilization was predominantly one-way, downward communication. As a recommendation, upward and horizontal communication flows should be also encouraged by Kabgayi Diocese in resource mobilization. The study established that the laity was little involved in decision-making regarding the church's activities aiming at mobilizing domestic resources. To increase the laity's commitment and their sense of ownership, the Kabgayi Dioecese has been recommended to involve the laity more in decision-making regarding resource mobilization." (Abstract)
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"In focusing on the twin processes of marketization and mediatization, the intention is by no means to argue that markets and media constitute the only factors shaping religion today. Nor is the intention to argue that a focus on marketization and mediatization would provide the “best” way to st
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udy contemporary processes of institutional religious change. Having said that, the approach of this book is nevertheless grounded in the firm contention that a serious and systematic consideration of the impact of processes of marketization and mediatization as key vectors of social and cultural change in the post–World War II era has great potential to nuance and enrich already existing theoretical thinking on contemporary institutional religious change. This potential is, however, crucially dependent on the capacity of researchers to provide firmly empirically grounded arguments about exactly how processes of marketization and mediatization work to effect social, cultural, and institutional religious change. This book directs particular attention to the ways in which processes of marketization and mediatization have been accompanied by the spread of a set of powerful discourses and discursive formations that have proliferated throughout ever more social and cultural domains and increasingly come to underpin contemporary criteria of eff ective institutional and organizational life, agency, practice, and communication. The focus of this book thus lies firmly on the ideational and discursive dimensions of processes of marketization and mediatization. The book is further based on the premise that the ideational and discursive dimensions of marketization and mediatization have had the strongest and most clearly observable effect on long-established institutional Christian Protestant churches that have retained close structural relationships to states and core social establishments, and for which the gradual general transition from a previous vertical national-statist model of social organization toward a horizontal, deregulated, and market- inspired network model has been most challenging." (Introduction, page 8-9)
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"This ebook is designed to be a primer to provide everything you need to know about social media and how to use it effectively in your community. You’ll learn: why social media matters in today’s ministry environment; how to build a social media ministry team; how to develop a social media plan;
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what makes good social media content; how social media algorithms work (and why that matters); how to optimize your mobile app for social media." (Page 3)
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"In the religious sector, for centuries, pilgrimages have been a clear example of mass events of a spiritual nature. Due to globalization and increased mobility, recent times have seen the multiplication of international events without a fixed location: Taizé encounters, Kumbh Mela (India), and Wor
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ld Youth Day are all good examples of this. These events imply at least a threefold spiritual, organizational and touristic challenge, and success in each one of these areas contributes to the favourable result of the others. Due to the particular nature of these events, which can mobilize millions of people in just a few days, communication is fundamental. In this sense, the development of mobile technology allows for direct communication with the individual and an unprecedented capacity for diffusion, especially by means of apps and instant messaging, which are two of the most-used channels available on these devices. This paper offers a reflection on the prospects and management of information via smartphones during these large religious events. As a practical case, we will study the beatification of the Catholic bishop Álvaro del Portillo held in Madrid in September 2014, in a ceremony that drew more than 250,000 people from over 70 countries." (Abstract)
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"A agência experimental CoMM Comunicação foi responsável por desenvolver um plano assessoria de comunicação para a Associação Milícia da Imaculada, organização do terceiro setor localizada na cidade de São Bernardo do Campo, região metropolitana de São Paulo. Para o seu desenvolvimento
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, a agência fez uma imersão na organização cliente com objetivo de compreender a sua realidade, além de desenvolver estudos mercadológicos apoiados nos principais autores da área de comunicação, relações públicas e marketing. Como resultado desse longo processo foi desenvolvido o plano de comunicação organizacional e relações públicas intitulado “O amor como ponte para renovação”, atendendo todas as necessidades e objetivos institucionais da organização." (Resumo)
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