Constructing an Identity Online: Logging-On as “Catholic”

This article explores the nature of Catholic identity, as constructed in a Catholic social media site, PhatMass. This study, a month-long virtual ethnography of PhatMass, took place during the significant global Catholic event in February to March of 2013—the former Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation a...

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Main Author: Mullan, Margaret (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Year: 2015, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 96-125
Further subjects:B Social media
B Popular Culture
B Catholicism
B Identification
B virtual communities - religious aspects
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC-ND 4.0