"Divided into five parts, the Handbook opens with a state-of-the-art overview of the subject’s intellectual landscape, introducing the historical background, theoretical foundations, and major academic approaches to communication, media, and religion. Subsequent sections focus on institutional and
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functional perspectives, theological and cultural approaches, and new approaches in digital technologies. The essays provide insight into a wide range of topics, including religious use of media, religious identity, audience gratification, religious broadcasting, religious content in entertainment, films and religion, news reporting about religion, race and gender, the sex-religion matrix, religious crisis communication, public relations and advertising, televangelism, pastoral ministry, death and the media, online religion, future directions in religious communication, and more." (Publisher description)
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"In 1998 at the Montreal assemblies of UNDA, the World Catholic Organization for Radio and Television, and OCIC, the International Catholic Organization for Cinema, the two associations agreed to merge. The merger was achieved in just over three years. This book gives an account of the merger proces
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s using reports written at the time and minutes of meetings. With the vote for SIGNIS in Rome in November 2001, the new World Catholic Association for Communication was inaugurated. This book gives a history of the Organization for its first two terms as we celebrate 80 years of its predecessors OCIC and UNDA. Special contributions come from the last President of UNDA, Angela Ann Zukowski MHSH, Robert Molhant, past Secretary General of OCIC and SIGNIS, Peter Thomas, past Vice President of UNDA and present Vice President of SIGNIS, Bernardo Suate, director of the Rome Services, Guido Convents, Cinema Desk, SIGNIS, and Jim McDonnell, SIGNIS England and Advocacy Desk." (Signis Media 4/2009)
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"This is the first book to bring together many aspects of the interplay between religion, media and culture from around the world in a single comprehensive study. Leading international scholars provide the most up-to-date findings in their fields, and in a readable and accessible way.Some of the top
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ics covered include religion in the media age, popular broadcasting, communication theology, popular piety, film and religion, myth and ritual in cyberspace, music and religion, communication ethics, and the nature of truth in media saturated cultures." (Publisher description)
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