Religion, Media and the Public Sphere
A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444). This special issue belongs to the section "Religions and Humanities/Philosophies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2023) | Viewed by 3617
Special Issue Editor
Interests: religion and politics; political behavior; comparative studies; political reporting; media and politics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Media and religion are two sectors that affect all individuals in society (whether they are media consumers or religious adherents). Both religion and media exert their greatest impact on the public sphere. Media's influence is multifaceted, and often dependent on the willingness of audiences to rely on information sources that align with preexisting opinions. Meanwhile, religion motivates believers to engage in public political actions animated by religious perspectives across an array of policy issues. Combined, media and religion offer people opportunities to insulate their social contacts and perspectives in ways that create strong group identity boundaries that highlight ingroup and outgroup differences. The complexity of the empirical puzzles media and religion present make for intriguing possibilities in new scholarship. This Special Issue of Religions will feature papers broadly related to questions addressing the intersection of media and religion and its impacts on public and political outcomes. Authors may treat religion and media as dependent or independent variables, and may use data in a quantitative or qualitative form. The area of focus is open, and comparative case studies are especially encouraged. Brian Calfano, professor of journalism and political science at the University of Cincinnati, will serve as the issue editor.
Prof. Dr. Brian Robert Calfano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- religious broadcasting
- televangelists
- public policy
- voting
- identity
- digital religion
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