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Dakwah 2.0: Digital Dakwah, Street Dakwah and Cyber-Urban Activism Among Chinese Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia
In: New Media Configurations and Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Asia and the Arab World
Baden-Baden; London: Nomos; Bloomsbury (2015), pp. 199-222
New Practices of Self-Representation: The Use of Online Media by Ahmadiyya and Shia Communities in Indonesia and Malaysia
In: New Media Configurations and Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Asia and the Arab World
Baden-Baden; London: Nomos; Bloomsbury (2015), pp. 175-197
Muslims in Cyberspace: Exploring Factors Influencing Online Religious Engagements in Malaysia
Media Asia, volume 42, issue 1-2 (2015), pp. 61-73
"The emergence of Islam and Muslim public spheres in cyberspace has progressed along with the development of Information and Communication Technologies. Just like believers of other faiths, Muslim individuals are enthusiastic in sharing their faith, beliefs, and values at the click of a mouse. Based
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Social Media Use in Religious Communication: The Christian Migrants of Kerala, India
Religion and Social Communication, volume 13, issue 1 (2015), pp. 65-81
"The paper focuses on the social media use in religious communication by Kerala Christians who largely migrated after India's independence to Ahmedabat, Gujarat, India. Further, the paper attempts to analyze the way digital and social media are accessed and utilized by the migrant Kerala Christians
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Feminist Cyberethics in Asia: Religious Discourses on Human Connectivity
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xv, 227 pp.
Die Kirche in der digitalen Welt: Die Verbreitung der Frohen Botschaft
Communicatio Socialis, issue 4 (2014), pp. 483-492
"Wenn wir von der kommunikativen Mission der Kirche sprechen, sprechen wir nicht von einer Mission unter vielen. Tatsächlich sprechen wir über den fundamentalen Grund, warum die Kirche existiert. Die Kirche existiert durch den Willen Gottes und sie existiert genau zu dem Zweck, die Frohe Botschaft
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Cybertheology: Thinking Christianity in the Era of the Internet
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
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Hijabers: How Young Urban Muslim Women Redefine Themselves in Indonesia
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
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There's a Religious App for That! A Framework for Studying Religious Mobile Application
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.
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Heretics: Iran’s Religious Minorities
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
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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
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Playing with Religion in Digital Games
Bloomington; Indianapolis: Indiana University Press (2014), ix, 301 pp.
"Shaman, paragon, God-mode: modern video games are heavily coded with religious undertones. From the Shinto-inspired Japanese video game 'Okami' to the internationally popular 'The Legend of Zelda' and 'Halo', many video games rely on religious themes and symbols to drive the narrative and frame the
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Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds
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
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Communication Technology Impacts Thai Culture and Buddhist Way of Life
Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 2 (2013), pp. 108-120
Mobile Mindfulness: Practicing Digital Religion on Smartphones with Buddhist Meditation Apps
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
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The Rediscovery of Religious Silence in the Social Media Era: A Korean Case
Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 2 (2013), pp. 138-154
Religion and the Internet: A Microcosm for Studying Internet Trends and Implications
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
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What Would Jesus Post? Seven Principles Christians Should Follow in Social Media
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
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