Thinking methods in media and religion : Natalie Fritz [and eight others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fritz, Natalie, author.

Series:

Journal for Religion, Film and Media

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Religious aspects.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (106 p.)

Other Title:

Methodological Challenges by

Editorial

Cross-media Transmission Processes

Religion, Belief and Medial Layering of Communication

Approaching Religious Symbols in the Public Space

Place of Publication:

Schüren Verlag 2015

Marburg : Schüren Verlag, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Inspired by a workshop held at the University of Zurich in November 2014, we inaugurate the Journal for Religion, Film and Media (JRFM) with a special issue dedicated to methodology. The field of media and religion is characterised by a multitude of approaches to both religion and media. The choice of communication paradigms and analytical procedures to be used in an investigation of the intertwined relationship of religion and media depends on the sources, the questions we seek to answer and the cultural context. This issue of JRFM presents a range of methodological procedures by highlighting three selected communication models: the first part considers a model that defines communication as an overlap of spaces that mediates meaning-making processes; the second part looks at the employment of a gender lens for investigation of the relationship between media and religion; the final part analyses the interaction between media and religion in the context of various contemporary art productions. While these models have been drawn from a broad range of possible topics, those selected share a common concern: they involve reflection on methodological steps used to analyse interactions always characterised by non-linear and multi-causal relations. Each of the three main sections contains a key article and two responses, with the methodological questions addressed by invited contributors commented upon, discussed critically and developed further by members of the mentioned research groups.

Contents:

Editorial 9

I Religion, Media and Communication

Religion and Communication Spaces 23

A Semio-pragmatic Approach

Documentary Media and Religious Communities 31

Methodological Challenges by (New) Media 37

An Essay on Perspectives and Possible Consequences

II Religion, Media and Gender

(Re)Making a Difference 45

Religion, Mediatisation and Gender

Staging the Dead 57

The Material Body as a Medium for Gender and Religion

Mediality and Materiality in the History of Religions 65

A Medieval Case Study about Religion and Gender in In-Between Spaces.

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