Online Live-Stream Broadcasting of the Holy Mass during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland as an Example of the Mediatisation of Religion: Empirical Studies in the Field of Mass Media Studies and Pastoral Theology

Przywara, Barbara; Adamski, Andrzej; Kiciński, Andrzej; Szewczyk, Marcin; Jupowicz-Ginalska, Anna

doi:10.3390/rel12040261

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“…The focus was on how the digital switchover was implemented by the churches during the months of closure. American research (Campbell 2020a(Campbell , 2020b(Campbell , 2020c has also been supplemented with European analyzes (Przywara et al 2021;Rončáková 2021;Tudor et al 2021). The present study explains the Hungarian situation, highlighting the generational differences in the behavior of believers.…”

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Trends in Online Religious Processes during the Coronavirus Pandemic in Hungary—Digital Media Use and Generational Differences

Andok

2021

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The present study shows how Hungarian churches and religious communities responded to the physical closure and relocation to online spaces in the spring of 2020, since while physical gates became closed, digital gates became opened. In the churches, work began in two directions with particular intensity. On the one hand, they organized their online appearance. On the other hand, they began to rethink their theological reflections on the possibilities of digital technology. The study also analyses both the event- and community-based presence of the churches as well as what they broadcast to their believers. The intention was to find the answer to what the presence of the camera meant in the process of live broadcasting, with a special focus on the visual elements and procedures that differed from the visual perception of real presence during streaming: the camera movement, the different viewing angles, the location of the cameras, the cut, and the sound quality. In other words, the believers had a new visual experience, an optical representation of reality, which afforded them a new type of interactivity and participation. In addition, the study highlights the generational differences that can be explored in digital transitions.

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Trends in Online Religious Processes during the Coronavirus Pandemic in Hungary—Digital Media Use and Generational Differences

Andok

2021

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“…During all waves, pandemic restrictions implemented by the Polish Ministry of Health involved religious practices, as they included the cancellation of pilgrimages, closure of religious educational institutions, and restrictions on the number of participants during mass (5 persons in March 2020, then 2-m distance between attendants from July 2020, then 1 person per 15 m 2 and at least 1.5 m distancing during the second and third wave, with the obligation to cover nose and mouth with a mask). During the third wave, social functioning was limited (hotels, galleries, cinemas, theatres, and sport facilities were closed), but ‘hard lock-down’ (implemented during the first wave) with only on-line education was not repeated [ 17 , 21 , 22 ].…”

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The Influence of Faith and Religion on Family Interactions and Interest in Health Issues during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Study among Polish Adolescents

Kasielska‐Trojan

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Antoszewski

2022

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Background: COVID-19 has dominated health, economic, and geopolitical issues for many months, but it also has great influence on individuals and families. The aim of this study was to verify whether the pandemic of COVID-19 changed religious practices and how religiosity moderated the influence of the pandemic on family interactions and attitudes towards health issues in adolescents. Methods: The study groups included 561 adolescent high school students (314 females and 247 males) from two kinds of high schools: public and Catholic. Results: Most Catholic school students have not changed their religious practices during the pandemic or just changed the form of attendance to TV or internet (59.7%). Moreover, 8.6% of them stopped the practices, in comparison with 12.9% of public school students, most of whom had not attended a mass before and during the pandemic. The results showed that in adolescents’ opinions the pandemic caused family relations to be stronger, however this effect was modified by religiosity. Conclusion: Attending Catholic school and being a practicing believer influenced some aspects of faith and family relations during the pandemic, but in most aspects, they did not influence attitudes toward health issues. The results of the study highlight the need to secure, especially for non-believing adolescents, family support during the pandemic, while in believers faith may provide such support.

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“…There is no doubt, however, that the pandemic-related social restrictions significantly influenced church functions and the implementation of the mission. Thus, changes caused by the pandemic primarily concerned institutional religion, for example, the shift of many religious practices to the Internet and acceleration of the medialization of religion [ 32 ]. These changes certainly influenced the religiosity of Poles, which thus far was primarily traditional.…”

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Changes in intensification of religious involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

2022

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Introduction The emergence of the virus Sars-CoV-2, and subsequent COVID-19 pandemic, caused a global threat to public health. In such challenging and worrying situations it can be expected that people will seek comfort in religion. However, before the pandemic there were never such wide world disruptions of religious practice–because of social distancing regulations, religiosity cannot be practiced in the same way as it was before the pandemic. Methods Two anonymous online surveys were conducted of adult Poles, one during the second wave (N = 1072; November 2020) and one during the third wave of the pandemic (N = 1080; April 2021). The survey samples of participants reflected the Polish population structure in terms of age, sex, size of place of residence, education, and province. Results Participation in institutional religious practices fell threefold to 11.9% during the pandemic, as compared to pre-pandemic times (31.2%). The number of people who did not go to church at all increased from 23.1% to 57.0%. Between the second and third waves, there was a small return to regular practice (from 10.1% to 14.1%). Based on the subjective assessment of the amount of time devoted to prayer, fewer people reporting an increase (10.6%) than a decrease (20.1%) in religious commitment during the pandemic. Logistic regressions showed that an increase in religious commitment can be predicted by older age, more frequent participation in religious practices before the pandemic, and higher life satisfaction. A decrease in religious commitment can be predicted by younger age, less frequent participation in religious practices before the pandemic, and greater number of children in the household. Conclusion Our research indicates a deintensification of religious practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. The pandemic has accelerated process of polarization of Polish religiosity.

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Online Live-Stream Broadcasting of the Holy Mass during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland as an Example of the Mediatisation of Religion: Empirical Studies in the Field of Mass Media Studies and Pastoral Theology

Cited by 24 publications

References 64 publications

Trends in Online Religious Processes during the Coronavirus Pandemic in Hungary—Digital Media Use and Generational Differences

Trends in Online Religious Processes during the Coronavirus Pandemic in Hungary—Digital Media Use and Generational Differences

The Influence of Faith and Religion on Family Interactions and Interest in Health Issues during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Study among Polish Adolescents

Changes in intensification of religious involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

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