Online Religion and Religion Online: Reform Judaism and Web-Based Communication

Frost, Jonathon K.; Youngblood, Norman E.

doi:10.1080/15348423.2014.909190

Cited by 22 publications

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“…There is also a push within scholarship on digital media and religion to distinguish between religion online and online religion. Frost and Youngblood (2014), for example, state that religion online describes the online functions of traditional religious communities. This includes the way that religious communities use digital media platforms to reiterate religious community, faith identity, and community outreach on behalf of communities that primarily exist within physical religious spaces (Campbell 2012c;Frost and Youngblood 2014).…”

Section: Religion and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Frost and Youngblood (2014), for example, state that religion online describes the online functions of traditional religious communities. This includes the way that religious communities use digital media platforms to reiterate religious community, faith identity, and community outreach on behalf of communities that primarily exist within physical religious spaces (Campbell 2012c;Frost and Youngblood 2014). Online religion, however, refers to religious and spiritual practice that is done using the conduit of the internet (Frost and Youngblood 2014).…”

Section: Religion and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This includes the way that religious communities use digital media platforms to reiterate religious community, faith identity, and community outreach on behalf of communities that primarily exist within physical religious spaces (Campbell 2012c;Frost and Youngblood 2014). Online religion, however, refers to religious and spiritual practice that is done using the conduit of the internet (Frost and Youngblood 2014). These distinctions in the relationship between religion and digital media point to how online community spaces can serve as both a supplement and substitute to physical religious communities (Campbell 2012c).…”

Section: Religion and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Navigating Religion Online: Jewish and Muslim Responses to Social Media

Ferguson¹,

Ecklund²,

Rothschild³

2021

Religions

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Although social media use among religious communities is proliferating, significant gaps remain in our understanding of how religious minorities perceive social media in relation to their faith and community. Thus, we ask how individuals use religion to frame moral attitudes around social media for Jews and Muslims. Specifically, how does social media shape understandings of community? We analyze 52 interviews with Jews and Muslims sampled from Houston and Chicago. We find that Jews and Muslims view social media as a “double-edged sword”—providing opportunities to expand intracommunal ties and access to religious resources, while also diluting the quality of ties and increasing exposure to religious distractions. These findings help us understand what it is about being a religious minority in the US that might shape how individuals engage with social media. Moreover, they suggest that social media may be transforming faith communities in less embodied ways, a topic that is of particular relevance in our pandemic times.

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Section: Religion and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Religion and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Religion and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Navigating Religion Online: Jewish and Muslim Responses to Social Media

Ferguson¹,

Ecklund²,

Rothschild³

2021

Religions

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“…At the same time, precursor studies on social media have primarily focused on interpersonal communication (Lovejoy and Saxton, 2012). An important part of the studies researching the relationship between religion and new media evolve around web-based communication between religious organizations and their audience (Asamoah-Gyadu, 2007, Frost andYoungblood, 2014). Research focusing on the use of social media by religious organizations is sparser.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Media Communications Strategies among Taoist Organizations in China: The Role of Weibo as a Communication Platform for Taoist Temples.

Zhang¹,

Ramı́rez²

2016

World Conference on Media and Mass Communication

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Based on the concepts of "online religion" and "religion online" developed by Helland (2000),this study focuses on how three Taoist temples use the Chinese social media Weibo to both transmit information and interact with their religious followers. By analyzing the content of the articles posted on their Weibo channel during the month celebrating the 2016 Chinese New Year, the study will try to determine two things: Firstly, what kind of information each temple shares with its audience. Secondly, how do Taoist organizations perceive social media as a communication tool? Is it perceived in a similar way than the Christian organizations that been studied before?

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“…These studies go from enthusiastic speculation to objective study of real online practice and then more interpretive approach about practices like online-offline interactions (Campbell, 2006, as cited in Kyong, 2011. However, research on religion and digital media platforms has mostly focused on Christianity and Islam (Frost and Youngblood, 2014). Even the attitudes toward new media and religion are especially framed in a Christian perspective (Kyong, 2011).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%