Mediating authority: media technologies and the generation of charismatic appeal in southern Mali
This article offers a close analysis of the media performances of a particularly successful preacher in Mali, Sheikh Chérif Haidara, to study how authority is generated in the interaction between a leader and his followers, and to examine the role of mass mediation in this process. Informed by Weber...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2015]
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Culture and religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 125-145 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Haïdara, Chérif Ousmane Madane 1965-
/ Mali (Süd)
/ Islam
/ Religious leader
/ Charisma
/ Mass media
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IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
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