Identity Politics in a Mediatized Religious Environment on Facebook: Yes to Wearing the Cross Whenever and Wherever I Choose
The Norwegian Facebook page Yes to Wearing the Cross Whenever and Wherever I Choose was initially created to protest the prohibition of the cross for nrk news anchors. Yet, many of the discussions and audience interactions transpired into heated religio-political debates with strong elements of anti...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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Journal of religion in Europe
Année: 2017, Volume: 10, Numéro: 4, Pages: 457-486 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Norwegen
/ Réseaux sociaux
/ Christianisme
/ Croix
/ Religion
/ Débat
/ Identité culturelle
/ Islamophobie (motif)
/ Xénophobie (motif)
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AD Sociologie des religions AG Vie religieuse CB Spiritualité chrétienne CG Christianisme et politique KBE Scandinavie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
media and religion
media anthropology
mediatized conflict
Islamophobia
Facebook debates
politics
social media
Christianity
xenophobia
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| Résumé: | The Norwegian Facebook page Yes to Wearing the Cross Whenever and Wherever I Choose was initially created to protest the prohibition of the cross for nrk news anchors. Yet, many of the discussions and audience interactions transpired into heated religio-political debates with strong elements of anti-Muslim, xenophobic, anti-secular, and anti-atheist sentiments. This study aims to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the interplay between media and religion by providing new insights on the variety of ways in which media audiences may ‘add a series of dynamics to conflicts, namely, amplification, framing and performative agency, and co-structuring’ and ‘perform conflict’, as formulated by Hjarvard et al. It is argued that mediatized conflicts with inherent trigger themes, which tug at core religio-political identity issues, also tend to evoke emotional responses, which, in turn, inspire social media users to perform the conflict in ways that multiply the conflict(s). |
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| Description matérielle: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contient: | In: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01004001 |
