Understanding Pope Francis : message, media, and audience / edited by Joseph R. Blaney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blaney, Joseph R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Francis, Pope, 1936-.

Francis.

Francis, Pope, 1936-2025.

Physical Description:

viii, 229 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]

Summary:

"Understanding Pope Francis analyzes the message, audience, and channel considerations in addresses, encyclicals, and media coverage related to Pope Francis. As a classic example of an "open text" subject to wildly divergent interpretations, the chapters advance communication theory and religious communication writ large"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I MESSAGE

1. The Francis Effect: Pope Francis' Rhetoric in a Church on the Verge of Civil War / Anthony M. Wachs

2. The Concatenate Circulation of Pope Francis's Civic Rhetoric during the 2015 Papal Visit to the United States / Sara A. Mehltretter Drury

3. Building a Future of Freedom: Pope Francis's Mobilization of Diverse Prophetic Rhetorical Traditions in His Address to Congress / Daniel P. Overton

4. Pope Francis, Twitter, and Collective Identity: Religious Branding of Crisis / M. Olguta Vilceanu

5. Expanding Moral Messaging Climate Change Research / Mary Beth Deline

6. "Has Anyone Wept?" Pope Francis at Lampedusa: Migration, Indifference, and Pastoral Pastiche as Equipment for Forgiving / Christopher J. Oldenburg

7. The Crisis Leadership of Pope Francis in a Local-Global Pandemic / R. Tyler Spradley

pt. II MEDIUM

8. The Media's Shaping of Pope Francis' Interview in America, The National Catholic Weekly / N. Benton Parish

9. Pope Francis and Spiritual Leadership: His Guidance through Digital Media in Times of Pandemic / Juan Narbona

10. Papal Copyright: Textual Authority and Media Distribution in Pope Francis' Pontificate / Andrew Ventimiglia

pt. III AUDIENCE

11. The Dynamics of Inclusion and Moral Values in Understanding Reactions to Pope Francis' Rhetoric / Anna R. George.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Understanding Pope Francis

ISBN:

9781793651617

1793651612

OCLC:

1252739741