Innovazione mediatica e rappresentazione di sé: L’esempio dei Testimoni di Geova
The question of the relationship between religion and media is widely di-scussed among scholars of different disciplines. Applying a hermeneutic approach to the case of Jehovah’s Witnesses, this contribution calls attention to the role of media innovation in the construction of a group’s self-repres...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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| In: |
Annali di studi religiosi
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Pages: 141-171 |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | The question of the relationship between religion and media is widely di-scussed among scholars of different disciplines. Applying a hermeneutic approach to the case of Jehovah’s Witnesses, this contribution calls attention to the role of media innovation in the construction of a group’s self-representation. Drawing on the example of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ use of the radio in the 1920s and 1930s and of the Internet since the mid-1990s, it shows in particular how the introduction of a new technology is accompanied by an evolving process of «domestication» that has to take into consi-deration both internal and external constraints on the group. Finally, on the basis of a quantitative survey among Swiss Jehovah’s Witnesses, this contribution underscores the importance of ritualized and performative practices to understand how a new medium is integrated in the life of a religious group and how it shapes its self-image. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-3892 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annali di studi religiosi
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14598/ANNALI_STUDI_RELIG_19201809 |
