Digital media, young adults, and religion : an international perspective / edited by Marcus Moberg and Sofia Sjö.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moberg, Marcus, 1978- editor.

Sjö, Sofia, 1977- editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in religion and digital culture.

Routledge studies in religion and digital culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Religious aspects.

Digital media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 179 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2020]

Summary:

"It has become increasingly clear that an adequate understanding of contemporary processes of social, cultural, and religious change is contingent on an appreciation of the growing impact of digital media. Utilising results of an unprecedented global study, this volume explores the ways in which young adults in seven different countries engage with digital and social media in religiously significant ways. Presenting and analysing the findings of the international research project Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG), an international panel of contributors shed new light on the impact of digital media and its associated technologies on young people's religiosities, worldviews, and values. Case studies from China, Finland, Ghana, Israel, Peru, Poland, and Turkey are used to demonstrate how these developments are progressing, not just in the West, but across the world. This book is unique in that it presents a truly macroscopic perspective on trends in religion amongst young adults. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars working in religious studies, digital media, communication studies, sociology, cultural studies, theology and youth studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Notes on contributors

Part I Theoretical and methodological perspectives

1 Introduction: young adults, religion, and digital media in international perspective

2 Digital media and religion in an international context: perspectives on identity, connection, and authority

3 A mixed-method approach to youth and digital religion

Part II Applications and cases

4 Contents and discontents of Internet and social media use in the religious lives of Ghanaian young adults

5 The Internet, social media, and the critical interrogation of traditional religion among young adults in Peru

6 A view on religious socialization in contemporary China: the role of new media, literature, education, and participation

7 Internet and social media use and religion among minority groups in Israel: a case study of Muslim and Druze young adults

8 Religion, social media, and young adults in Turkey: a case study of religious engagement and volunteering

9 Between tradition and innovation: social media in the religious lives of young adults in Poland

10 Finnish university students' social media use in the light of the Faith Q-Sort prototypes

Appendix: Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG) Project Survey

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-01061-1

1-351-01059-X

9781351010610

OCLC:

1140352876