“Because Faith is a Personal Matter!” Aspects of Public and Private in Religious Internet Use
This paper addresses the concepts of public and private with regard to the use of Christian online boards. Drawing from an empirical study on religious Internet use, including qualitative and quantitative data, this article asks to what extent these boards can be characterised as new public spaces f...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of religion in Europe
Anno: 2016, Volume: 9, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 441-462 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Cristianesimo
/ Pagina Internet
/ Comportamento degli utenti
/ Sfera pubblica
/ Fede
/ Sfera privata
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | AD Sociologia delle religioni CB Esistenza cristiana CH Cristianesimo e società |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
religion and the internet
Christian online boards
privatisation of religion
(in)visible religion – public religion
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| Riepilogo: | This paper addresses the concepts of public and private with regard to the use of Christian online boards. Drawing from an empirical study on religious Internet use, including qualitative and quantitative data, this article asks to what extent these boards can be characterised as new public spaces for exchange about religion, or as enhancing private engagement with religion. While media characteristics of online discussion boards encourage their understanding as public spaces, at the same time actual usage patterns mirror an increasing privatisation of religion. Instead of opting for either a public or private characterisation of online boards, this article proposes to disentangle both attributions and relate these findings to the larger debate on contemporary religion in terms of public and private. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Comprende: | In: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-00904007 |