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Author Hoover, Stewart M

Title Religion in the media age / Stewart M. Hoover
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 341 pages)
Series Religion, media and culture
Religion, media, and culture series.
Contents What this book could be about -- From medium to meaning : the evolution of theories about media, religion, and culture -- Media and religion in transition -- Articulating life and culture in the media age : plausible narratives of the self -- Reception of religion and media -- Cultural objects and religious identity among born-agains and mainstream believers -- Cultural objects and religious identity among metaphysical believers, dogmatists, and secularists -- Representing outcomes -- Media and public religious culture post-09/11/01 and post-11/2/04 -- Conclusion : what is produced?
Summary "Drawing on fascinating research into household media consumption Stewart M. Hoover charts the way in which media and religion intermingle and collide in the cultural experience of media audiences. The result will be essential reading for everyone interested in how today's mass media relate to contemporary religious and spiritual life."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-330) and index
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Subject Mass media -- Religious aspects.
11.05 sociology of religion.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
Mass media -- Religious aspects
Massenmedien
Religionssoziologie
Religion
Godsdienst.
Massamedia.
Mass media -- Religious aspects.
Mass media in religion.
Religion and culture.
communication de masse -- religion.
culture de masse -- identité -- religion.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203503201
9780203503201
0415314224
9780415314220
0415314232
9780415314237