Religion and mass media : audiences and adaptations / Daniel A. Stout, Judith M. Buddenbaum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stout, Daniel A.

Buddenbaum, Judith Mitchell, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Mass media.

Mass media in religion.

Physical Description:

294 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Ca. : Sage Publications, [1996]

Summary:

How do religious audiences react to and use the media? How do institutional religious influences and expectations affect how they experience media news and entertainment?

Drawing on theory and empirical research, contributors to Religion and Mass Media explore these questions from Jewish, Roman Catholic, Evangelical, Protestant, Fundamentalist and Mormon audience perspectives. The book looks at recent theoretical developments in the sociology of religion and communication theory; offers an overview of specific religious beliefs; examines audience behaviour; and describes specific case studies including the use of gospel rap and contemporary music in black religious communities.

Contents:

Introduction : toward a synthesis of mass communication research and the sociology of religion / Daniel Stout, Judith M. Buddenbaum

Religion and the mass media audience : a review of the mass communication and sociology literature / Judith M. Buddenbaum, Daniel A. Stout

Catholicism, conscience, and censorship / Ted G. Jelen

Mainline protestants and the media / Judith M. Buddenbaum

Evangelical's uneasy alliance with the media / Quentin J. Schultze

Fundamentalism and the media, 1930-1990 / Margaret Lamberts Bendroth

Protecting the family : Mormon teachings about media / Daniel A. Stout

Religion, mass media and tolerance for civil liberties / Tony Rimmer

The role of religion in newspaper trust, subscribing and use for political information / Judith M. Buddenbaum

The role of religion in public attitudes toward religion news / Judith M. Buddenbaum, Stewart Hoover

The passionate audience : community inscriptions of "The last temptations of Christ" / Thomas R. Lindlof

Keeping the faith : the roles of selective exposure and avoidance in maintaining religious beliefs / Sam G. Mcfarland

Diversity from within : an analysis of the impact of religious culture on media use and effective communication to women / Joann Myer Valenti, Daniel A. Stout

Use of mass media for political information in a middletown Quaker meeting / Judith M. Buddenbaum

How Mennonites use media in everyday life : preserving identity in a changing world / Sharon Hartin Iorio

Rappin for the lord : the uses of gospel rap and contemporary music in black religious communities / Cheryl Reneé Gooch

Mormons, mass media, and the interpretive audience / Daniel A. Stout, David Scott, Dennis G. Martin

Religion and the information society / Jorge Reina Schement, Hester C. Stephenson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0803971737

0803971745

OCLC:

33334317