Religion and Media
Religion and Media
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宗教与媒体
DOI：
10.1111/j.1749-8171.2011.00330.x
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发表时间：
2012
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0.5
通讯作者：
Jeffrey H. Mahan
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作者：
Jeffrey H. Mahan
本文描述了宗教和媒体这一新兴领域，并概述了该领域的关键问题。该领域既关注媒体及其内容，也关注不同公众对媒体的接受程度，以此来审视宗教的定位、宗教实践的本质以及宗教身份和权威的复杂性。一方面，研究揭示了宗教机构和领导人如何使用传统媒体和新媒体，而对新兴媒体的掌控赋予了一些机构和领导人更大的话语权和权威。另一方面，我们发现证据表明，在新兴媒体文化中，权威从神圣著作、传统和宗教权威等传统场所转移到参与宗教自我建设的宗教消费者的个人内部权威。该领域的人士通常认为，宗教一直是中介的，研究宗教的中介对于理解宗教是必要的。
This essay describes the emerging field of religion and media and outlines key issues at play in the field. The field focuses both on the media and their content and on the reception of media among various publics as ways to examine the location of religion, the nature of religious practice and the complexity of religious identity and authority. On the one hand, studies reveal how religious institutions and leaders use traditional and new media, and command of emerging media grants some institutions and leaders increased voice and authority. On the other, we find evidence that in the emerging media culture, authority shifts from traditional locations such as sacred writings, traditions and religious authorities to the individual internal authority of religious consumers involved in religious self-construction. Those in the field typically argue that religion has always been mediated and that studying the mediation of religion is necessary to the understanding of religion.