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Religion, popular culture and social media: the construction of a religious leader image on Facebook
Religion, culture populaire et médias sociaux: la construction d'un chef religieux Image sur Facebook
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Abstract Despite the emergence of religions on Internet and the importance of social media, research dedicated to religious leaders’ construction of symbolic image on social media, is hard to find. Starting from the 2013 Applebee’s social media crisis, which was triggered by a pastor, the present study inves... mehr
Despite the emergence of religions on Internet and the importance of social media, research dedicated to religious leaders’ construction of symbolic image on social media, is hard to find. Starting from the 2013 Applebee’s social media crisis, which was triggered by a pastor, the present study investigates the frames and themes Facebook users employed in order to give meaning to the crisis, attribute responsibility, and more importantly, define the role of a religious leader in daily life. This study shows the existence on social media of an active religious literate public, a public clearly troubled in their religious faith and convictions by the non-Christian behavior of the pastor. This shows that in a post-secular society the religious imaginary is not only a “canopy” inherited and kept because of convenience, but a cultural frame of signification the real and a vector of dialogue in a (online) micro and macro public sphere.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Kommunikationsverhalten; öffentliche Meinung; Soziale Medien; Emotionalität; Religiosität; Internet; Religion; Symbol; Facebook
Klassifikation
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Religionssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
religious leader; crisis; emotions-as-frames; attribution of responsibility
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 129-143
Zeitschriftentitel
ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies, 10 (2017) 2
Heftthema
Mediatization of religion and power
ISSN
1775-352X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)