Mediatized Religion in Asia: Studies on Digital Media and Religion
London; New York: Routledge (2019), xv, 231 pp.
Contains index
Series: Routledge Research in Digital Media and Culture in Asia
ISBN 978-0-367-66393-3 (pbk); 9781315170275 (ebook)
Signature commbox: 300:70-Religion 2019
"This edited volume discusses mediatized religion in Asia, examining the intensity and variety of constructions and processes related to digital media and religion in Asia today. Individual chapters present case studies from various regions and religious traditions in Asia, critically discussing the data collected in light of current mediatization theories. By directing the study to the geographical, cultural and religious contexts specific to Asia, it also provides new material for the theoretical discussion of the pros and cons of the concept mediatization, among other things interrogating whether this concept is useful in non-'Western' contexts." (Publisher description)
INTRODUCTION
1 Mediatized Religion in Asia. Interrelations of Media, Culture and Society beyond the "West" / Xenia Zeiler, 3
PART I. EAST ASIA
2 "Does Anyone Know a Good Healer?" An Analysis of Mediatized Word-of-Mouth Advertising of Spiritual Healers in Japanese Online Question and Answer Forums / Birgit Staemmler, 19
3 Religious Mediatization with Chinese Characteristics: Subaltern Voices of Chinese Muslim Youths / Wai-yip Ho, 39
4 "Aren't you happy?" Healing as Mediatized Nationalism in a Compressed Modernity / Sam Han, 53
PART II. SOUTHEAST ASIA
5 Facebook and the Mediatization of Religion: Inter/Intra-Religious Dialogue in Malaysia / Tan Meng Yoe, 71
6 On-offline Dakwah: Social Media and Islamic Preaching in Malaysia and Indonesia / Hew Wai Weng, 89
7 Church Digital Applications and the Communicative Meso-Micro Interplay: Building Religious Authority and Community through Everyday Organizing / Pauline Hope Cheong, 105
PART III. SOUTH ASIA
8 Ravidassia: neither Sikh nor Hindu? Mediatized Religion in Anti-Caste Contexts / Dhanya Fee Kirchhof, 121
9 Digitalizing Tibet: A Critical Buddhist Reconditioning of Hjarvard's Mediatization Theory / Gregory Grieve, Christopher Helland and Rohit Singh, 139
PART IV. WEST ASIA
10 Being Religious through Social Networks: Representation of Religious Identity of Shia Iranians on Instagram / Narges Valibeigi, 165
11 Understanding Jewish Digital Media in Israel: Between Technological Affordances and Religious-Cultural Uses / Ruth Tsuria and Heidi A. Campbell, 190
PART V. CRITICAL REFLECTION
12 Religion as Communicative Figurations: Analyzing Religion in Times of Deep Mediatization / Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, 211
1 Mediatized Religion in Asia. Interrelations of Media, Culture and Society beyond the "West" / Xenia Zeiler, 3
PART I. EAST ASIA
2 "Does Anyone Know a Good Healer?" An Analysis of Mediatized Word-of-Mouth Advertising of Spiritual Healers in Japanese Online Question and Answer Forums / Birgit Staemmler, 19
3 Religious Mediatization with Chinese Characteristics: Subaltern Voices of Chinese Muslim Youths / Wai-yip Ho, 39
4 "Aren't you happy?" Healing as Mediatized Nationalism in a Compressed Modernity / Sam Han, 53
PART II. SOUTHEAST ASIA
5 Facebook and the Mediatization of Religion: Inter/Intra-Religious Dialogue in Malaysia / Tan Meng Yoe, 71
6 On-offline Dakwah: Social Media and Islamic Preaching in Malaysia and Indonesia / Hew Wai Weng, 89
7 Church Digital Applications and the Communicative Meso-Micro Interplay: Building Religious Authority and Community through Everyday Organizing / Pauline Hope Cheong, 105
PART III. SOUTH ASIA
8 Ravidassia: neither Sikh nor Hindu? Mediatized Religion in Anti-Caste Contexts / Dhanya Fee Kirchhof, 121
9 Digitalizing Tibet: A Critical Buddhist Reconditioning of Hjarvard's Mediatization Theory / Gregory Grieve, Christopher Helland and Rohit Singh, 139
PART IV. WEST ASIA
10 Being Religious through Social Networks: Representation of Religious Identity of Shia Iranians on Instagram / Narges Valibeigi, 165
11 Understanding Jewish Digital Media in Israel: Between Technological Affordances and Religious-Cultural Uses / Ruth Tsuria and Heidi A. Campbell, 190
PART V. CRITICAL REFLECTION
12 Religion as Communicative Figurations: Analyzing Religion in Times of Deep Mediatization / Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, 211
