Sri Lankan Influencer Monks: Conflict and Intolerance on Social Media
Social media platforms define incentives for influencers through algorithmic manipulation of content promotion. In Sri Lanka, these incentives create complications for Buddhist monk influencers, who occupy a nationally specific nexus between religion, media, and government. Social media create new d...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
2025
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| Στο/Στη: |
Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Έτος: 2025, Τόμος: 14, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 344-386 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
monastic discipline
B sentiment B Buddhism B Δέσμευση B Μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης B platforms |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
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| Σύνοψη: | Social media platforms define incentives for influencers through algorithmic manipulation of content promotion. In Sri Lanka, these incentives create complications for Buddhist monk influencers, who occupy a nationally specific nexus between religion, media, and government. Social media create new domains for religious communication without the protections afforded to Buddhism by state-controlled media, but the demands of influencer practice create hazards for monastic discipline. These observations are substantiated by examining a set of social media interactions between Buddhist monks and other influencers. A common outcome of these interactions is that non-Buddhists, Buddhist laity, and monks whose social media expressions are deemed by government authorities to be insufficiently orthodox face detention under religious protection laws. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-9214 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/21659214-bja10139 |
