Digital Media, Young Adults, and Religion: An International Perspective
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xi, 179 pp.
Contains bibliogr., index
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Digital Culture
ISBN 978-1-138-54161-0 (hbk); 978-1-351-01061-0 (ebook)
"Utilising results of an unprecedented global study, this volume explores the ways in which young adults in seven different countries engage with digital and social media in religiously significant ways. Presenting and analysing the findings of the international research project Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG), an international panel of contributors shed new light on the impact of digital media and its associated technologies on young people's religiosities, worldviews, and values. Case studies from China, Finland, Ghana, Israel, Peru, Poland, and Turkey are used to demonstrate how these developments are progressing, not just in the West, but across the world." (Publisher description)
I. THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
1 Introduction: Young Adults, Religion, and Digital Media in International Perspective / Marcus Moberg and Sofia Sjö, with Mia Lövheim, 3
2 Digital Media and Religion in a Global Context: Perspectives on Identity, Connection and Authority / Marcus Moberg, Sofia Sjö, and Mia Lövheim, 12
3 A Mixed-Method Approach to Youth and Digital Religion / Sofia Sjö, Marcus Moberg, and Mia Lövheim, 27
II. APPLICATIONS AND CASES
4 The Contents and Discontents of Internet and Social Media Use in the Religious Lives of Ghanaian Young Adults / Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo, Sofia Sjö, and Francis Benyah, 43
5 The Internet, Social Media, and the Critical Interrogation of Traditional Religion among Young Adults in Peru / Rafael Fernández, Sidney Castillo Carnedas, and Marcus Moberg, 55
6 A View on Religious Socialization in Contemporary China: The Role of New Media, Literature, Education, and Participation / Sofia Sjö, Marcus Moberg, Peter Nynäs, and Junchao Tang, 69
7 Internet and Social Media Use and Religion among Minority Groups in Israel: A Case Study of Muslim and Druze Young Adults / Sawsan Kheir and Marcus Moberg, 84
8 Religion, Social Media, and Young Adults in Turkey: A Case Study of Religious Engagement and Volunteering / Habibe Erdis Gökçe and Sofia Sjö, 102
9 Between Tradition and Innovation: Social Media in the Religious Lives of Young Adults in Poland / Slawomir Sztajer and Sofia Sjö, 115
10 Finnish University Students' Social Media Use in the Light of the Faith-Q-Sort Prototypes / Karoliina Dahl, Sofia Sjö, and Marcus Moberg, 128
1 Introduction: Young Adults, Religion, and Digital Media in International Perspective / Marcus Moberg and Sofia Sjö, with Mia Lövheim, 3
2 Digital Media and Religion in a Global Context: Perspectives on Identity, Connection and Authority / Marcus Moberg, Sofia Sjö, and Mia Lövheim, 12
3 A Mixed-Method Approach to Youth and Digital Religion / Sofia Sjö, Marcus Moberg, and Mia Lövheim, 27
II. APPLICATIONS AND CASES
4 The Contents and Discontents of Internet and Social Media Use in the Religious Lives of Ghanaian Young Adults / Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo, Sofia Sjö, and Francis Benyah, 43
5 The Internet, Social Media, and the Critical Interrogation of Traditional Religion among Young Adults in Peru / Rafael Fernández, Sidney Castillo Carnedas, and Marcus Moberg, 55
6 A View on Religious Socialization in Contemporary China: The Role of New Media, Literature, Education, and Participation / Sofia Sjö, Marcus Moberg, Peter Nynäs, and Junchao Tang, 69
7 Internet and Social Media Use and Religion among Minority Groups in Israel: A Case Study of Muslim and Druze Young Adults / Sawsan Kheir and Marcus Moberg, 84
8 Religion, Social Media, and Young Adults in Turkey: A Case Study of Religious Engagement and Volunteering / Habibe Erdis Gökçe and Sofia Sjö, 102
9 Between Tradition and Innovation: Social Media in the Religious Lives of Young Adults in Poland / Slawomir Sztajer and Sofia Sjö, 115
10 Finnish University Students' Social Media Use in the Light of the Faith-Q-Sort Prototypes / Karoliina Dahl, Sofia Sjö, and Marcus Moberg, 128
