Japanese religions on the Internet : innovation, representation and authority / edited by Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader and Birgit Staemmler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baffelli, Erica, 1976-

Reader, Ian, 1949-

Staemmler, Birgit, 1967-

Series:

Routledge research in religion, media and culture ; 2.

Routledge research in religion, media and culture ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology--Japan.

Religion and sociology.

Internet--Religious aspects.

Internet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Japanese Religions on the Internet draws attention to how religion is being presented, represented and discussed on the Japanese Internet. Its intention is to contribute to wider discussions about religion and the Internet by providing an important example - based on one of the Internet's most prominent languages - of how new media technologies are being used and are impacting on religion in the East-Asian context, while also developing further our understandings of religion in a technologically advanced country. Scholars studying the relationship of religion and the Internet can n

Contents:

Media and religion in Japan / Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader, and Birgit Staemmler

Internet and religion in Japan : innovation, representation, and authority / Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader, and Birgit Staemmler

The situation of Japanese traditional Buddhism in the Web2.0 era : who attacks and who guards the religion? / Fukamizu Kenshin

Preserving the dignity of Shinto shrines in the age of the Internet : a social context analysis / Kurosaki Hiroyuki

The Shikoku pilgrimage online : official sites, promotion, commerce, and the replication of authority / Ian Reader

Pilgrim leadership rendered in HTML : bloggers and the Shikoku Henro / John Shultz

Charismatic blogger? : authority and new religions on the Web 2.0 / Erica Baffelli

Caught in the net : celebrity representation and Japanese religion from historical and contemporary perspectives / Benjamin Dorman

Shaping shamanism online : patterns of authority in Wikipedia / Birgit Staemmler

Reflexive self identification of Internet users and the authority of Ska Gakkai : analysis of discourse in Japanese BBS, Ni-channeru / Tamura Takanori and Tamura Daiyu

Conclusions and issues for future research / Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader and Birgit Staemmler.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-82782-X

1-136-82783-8

1-283-10459-8

9786613104595

0-203-83122-5

9780203831229

OCLC:

764571304