Religion and mass media: audiences and adaptations
London:
Sage
(1996), 294 pp., tables
ISBN 0-8039-7173-7; 0-8039-7174-5
"How do religious audiences react to and use the mass media? Religion and Mass Media is an audience-centered examination that reveals how a variety of Christian traditions experience media news and entertainment - in the context of institutional religious influences and expectations. Drawing on social science theories and empirical research methodologies, the contributors explore responses from Roman Catholics, Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, mainline Protestants, and Mormons and a variety of other traditions. In the first section, contributors set the framework by describing recent theoretical developments in the sociology of religion and communication theory. Section two provides an overview of the particulars of certain religious beliefs, section three looks at audience behavior, section four describes specific case studies (including one on rap music), and section five looks at the changing information environment and the future." (Publisher)
Contents
PART ONE: THE CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH ON RELIGION AND MASS MEDIA, 1
1 Introduction: Toward a Synthesis of Mass Communication Research and the Sociology of Religion / Daniel A Stout and Judith M Buddenbaum, 3
2 Religion and Mass Media Use: A Review of the Mass Communication and Sociology Literature / Judith M Buddenbaum and Daniel A Stout, 12
PART TWO: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND MEDIA ORIENTATIONS: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES, 35
3 Catholicism, Conscience, and Censorship / Ted G Jelen, 39
4 Mainline Protestants and the Media / Judith M Buddenbaum, 51
5 Evangelicals' Uneasy Alliance with the Media / Quentin J Schultze, 61
6 Fundamentalism and the Media, 1930-1990 / Margaret Lamberts Bendroth, 74
7 Protecting the Family: Mormon Teaching about Mass Media / Daniel A Stout, 85
PART THREE: THE ROLE OF RELIGIOSITY IN MASS MEDIA USE: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF AUDIENCE BEHAVIOR, 101
8 Religion, Mass Media and Tolerance for Civil Liberties / Tony Rimmer, 105
9 The Role of Religion in Newspaper Trust, Subscribing and Use for Political Information / Judith M Buddenbaum, 123
10 The Role of Religion in Public Attitudes toward Religion News / Judith M Buddenbaum and Stewart Hoover, 135
11 The Passionate Audience: Community Inscriptions of `The Last Temptations of Christ' / Thomas R Lindlof, 148
PART FOUR: CASE STUDIES, 169
12 Keeping the Faith: The Roles of Selective Exposure and Avoidance in Maintaining Religious Beliefs / Sam G McFarland, 173
13 Diversity from Within: An Analysis of the Impact of Religious Culture on Media Use and Effective Communication to Women / JoAnn Myer Valenti and Daniel A Stout, 183
14 Use of Mass Media for Political Information in a Middletown Quaker Meeting / Judith M Buddenbaum, 197
15 How Mennonites Use Media in Everyday Life: Preserving Identity in a Changing World / Sharon Hartin Iorio, 211
16 Rappin' for the Lord: The Uses of Gospel Rap and Contemporary Music in Black Religious Communities / Cheryl Renee Gooch, 228
17 Mormons, Mass Media, and the Interpretive Audience / Daniel A Stout, David Scott, and Dennis G Martin, 243
PART FIVE: THE FUTURE: RELIGION AND THE CHANGING INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT, 259
18 Religion and the Information Society / Jorge Reina Schement and Hester C Stephenson, 261
1 Introduction: Toward a Synthesis of Mass Communication Research and the Sociology of Religion / Daniel A Stout and Judith M Buddenbaum, 3
2 Religion and Mass Media Use: A Review of the Mass Communication and Sociology Literature / Judith M Buddenbaum and Daniel A Stout, 12
PART TWO: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND MEDIA ORIENTATIONS: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES, 35
3 Catholicism, Conscience, and Censorship / Ted G Jelen, 39
4 Mainline Protestants and the Media / Judith M Buddenbaum, 51
5 Evangelicals' Uneasy Alliance with the Media / Quentin J Schultze, 61
6 Fundamentalism and the Media, 1930-1990 / Margaret Lamberts Bendroth, 74
7 Protecting the Family: Mormon Teaching about Mass Media / Daniel A Stout, 85
PART THREE: THE ROLE OF RELIGIOSITY IN MASS MEDIA USE: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF AUDIENCE BEHAVIOR, 101
8 Religion, Mass Media and Tolerance for Civil Liberties / Tony Rimmer, 105
9 The Role of Religion in Newspaper Trust, Subscribing and Use for Political Information / Judith M Buddenbaum, 123
10 The Role of Religion in Public Attitudes toward Religion News / Judith M Buddenbaum and Stewart Hoover, 135
11 The Passionate Audience: Community Inscriptions of `The Last Temptations of Christ' / Thomas R Lindlof, 148
PART FOUR: CASE STUDIES, 169
12 Keeping the Faith: The Roles of Selective Exposure and Avoidance in Maintaining Religious Beliefs / Sam G McFarland, 173
13 Diversity from Within: An Analysis of the Impact of Religious Culture on Media Use and Effective Communication to Women / JoAnn Myer Valenti and Daniel A Stout, 183
14 Use of Mass Media for Political Information in a Middletown Quaker Meeting / Judith M Buddenbaum, 197
15 How Mennonites Use Media in Everyday Life: Preserving Identity in a Changing World / Sharon Hartin Iorio, 211
16 Rappin' for the Lord: The Uses of Gospel Rap and Contemporary Music in Black Religious Communities / Cheryl Renee Gooch, 228
17 Mormons, Mass Media, and the Interpretive Audience / Daniel A Stout, David Scott, and Dennis G Martin, 243
PART FIVE: THE FUTURE: RELIGION AND THE CHANGING INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT, 259
18 Religion and the Information Society / Jorge Reina Schement and Hester C Stephenson, 261
