Religion in the media age
"Looking at the everyday interaction of religion and media in our cultural lives, Hoover's book is a fascinating assessment of the state of modern religion. Thoroughly revised throughout this second edition now looks at the digital age, "new media" and significant role of social...
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London New York
Routledge
2025
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| In: | Anno: 2025 |
| Edizione: | Second edition |
| Periodico/Rivista: | Media, religion and culture
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| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Religione
/ Religiosità
/ Mass media
B Mass media / Sociologia della religione |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | AD Sociologia delle religioni AG Vita religiosa ZG Scienza dei media; Digitalità; Scienza della comunicazione |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Mass Media
Religious aspects
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| Riepilogo: | "Looking at the everyday interaction of religion and media in our cultural lives, Hoover's book is a fascinating assessment of the state of modern religion. Thoroughly revised throughout this second edition now looks at the digital age, "new media" and significant role of social media on religion today. While the sheer volume and variety of information travelling through global media changes modes of religious thought and commitment, the human desire for spirituality also invigorates popular culture itself, recreating commodities - film blockbusters, world sport, politics and popular music - as contexts for religious meanings. Drawing on research into household media consumption, Hoover charts the way in which media and religion have continued to intermingle and collide in the cultural experience of media audiences. This second edition of Religion in the Media Age is essential reading for everyone interested in how today mass media relates to contemporary religious and spiritual life"-- |
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| Descrizione fisica: | x, 356 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-0-367-64936-4 978-0-367-64937-1 |
