Seeing through the invisible pink unicorn
This paper explores the quasi-religious aspects of the Invisible Pink Unicorn (IPU), an internet based spoof of religion. IPU message boards situate a moral orientation in an ongoing interactional process that sacralizes parody and an idealized form of "free thinking." We employ content an...
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Creighton University
2010
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The journal of religion & society
Year: 2010, Volume: 12 |
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Online chat groups
B Parody B Computer bulletin boards B Cyber space B Interpersonal Relations B Internet; Religious aspects B Religious thought; 2000- |
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