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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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Social Media Guidelines

Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) (2014), 8 pp.

"These guidelines are offered as a synthesis of best practices. They include material compiled from church entities, for-profit corporations, and non-profit organizations [...] In this document, “church personnel” is defined as anyone—priest, deacon, religious, bishop, lay employee, or volunte ... more

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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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Cybertheology: Thinking Christianity in the Era of the Internet

Antonio Spadaro

New York: Fordham University Press (2014), xiii, 137 pp.

"In this book, Fr. Antonio Spadaro, SJ, Director of the Italian Journal La Civiltà Cattolica, attempts to address a new phenomenon – Cybertheology. If theology is talking about God, Cybertheology is the way in which God is talked about on the Internet. Spadaro’s background is in literary critic ... more

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There's a Religious App for That! A Framework for Studying Religious Mobile Application

Heidi A. Campbell et al.

Mobile Media & Communication, volume 2, issue 2 (2014), pp. 154-172

"This article provides a new methodological approach to studying religious-oriented mobile applications available on the iTunes app store. Through an extensive review of 451 religious apps a number of problems were noted when relying solely on iTunes categories to identify app functions and purpose. ... more

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Heretics: Iran’s Religious Minorities

James Marchant, Liana Aghajanian

Small Media (2014), 148 pp.

"With this report we explore how different religious minorities in Iran use the internet to engage with their communities in Iran and around the world. To build a representative picture, we drew on diverse sources, piecing together historical accounts, content analysis, legal frameworks, and the voi ... more

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Communication Technology Impacts Thai Culture and Buddhist Way of Life

Samran Khansamrong

Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 2 (2013), pp. 108-120

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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

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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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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Citizen Journalism in the Context of New Evangelization: The Place of Digital Social Media in Church Communication

Innocent Ebere Uwah

Jos Studies, volume 21 (2013), pp. 107-122

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Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds

Heidi A. Campbell (ed.)

Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2013), xi, 272 pp.

"Digital Religion offers a critical and systematic survey of the study of religion and new media. It covers religious engagement with a wide range of new media forms and highlights examples of new media engagement in all five of the major world religions. From cell phones and video games to blogs an ... more

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Religion and the Internet: A Microcosm for Studying Internet Trends and Implications

Heidi A. Campbell

New Media & Society, volume 15, issue 5 (2013), pp. 680-694

"Through a critical overview of research on religion online, five central research areas emerge related to social practices, online-offline connections, community, identity, and authority online. It is also argued that observations about these themes not only point to specific trends within religiou ... more

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The Rediscovery of Religious Silence in the Social Media Era: A Korean Case

Ignatius Kim Min-soo

Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 2 (2013), pp. 138-154

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Religious Diaspora and Information Communications Technology: The Impact of Globalization on Communal Relations in Egypt

Fiona McCallum

In: The New Arab Media: Technology, Image and Perception

Mahjoob Zweiri; Emma C. Murphy (eds.)

Reading: Ithaca Press (2012), pp. 81-101

"The age-old Coptic balancing act of proving that they are patriotic Egyptians while retaining a strong attachment to their religious and cultural identity has become harder in the globalization era, when specific individuals and groups based on another continent can affect the domestic political en ... more

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Life is Local in the Imagined Global Community: Islam and Politics in the Indonesian Blogosphere

Merlyna Lim

Journal of Media and Religion, volume 11, issue 2 (2012), pp. 127-140

"The rapid expansion of the Internet, marked by a storm of blogs and social networking platforms, is perceived as an enabling instrument for Muslims to be engaged globally. In this regard, the blogosphere can be a vehicle for worldwide interactions and the formation of global Muslim community, the u ... more

Kirche im Web 2.0

Communicatio Socialis, issue 1 (2012), pp. 3-57

Islam and Islamic Teaching Online

Paul A. Soukup

Communication Research Trends, volume 31, issue 1 (2012), pp. 24-30