REFRAMING BELIEFS: THE INFLUENCE OF MEDIA ON RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE
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Religion and media are both the important themes of the study especially in the modern world and they are linked to each other as well. In the recent year’s religion is linked to media to express its message to a great number of audience and viewers. In this regard with the rapid advancement in media especially in the twentieth century[1], the religion is expressed through various forms of media. The scope of the study of their relation does not seem possible to cover all of its aspects in a single research study because both of them are the vast fields which encompass different aspects of human lives. In this paper we will discuss the study of the relation of both religion and media through four approaches which implicitly indicates towards the role of religion and media to answer the question that how both of them are studied in relation to each other around the globe. These approaches[2] are categorized by Dr Liesbet van Zoonen[3] provide a precise way to the classification of the study of various aspects of relation of religion and media. Furthermore, the paradigm of study for every approach will be elaborated.
[1] See “A Short History of Media” Rupert Taylor, retrieved on 27-05-2018 from https://owlcation.com/humanities/A-Short-History-of-Media
[2] See “Four approaches to the study of media and religion - University of Kent” retrieved on 17-05-2018 from https://www.kent.ac.uk/religionmethods/.../FOUR%20APPROACHES%20TO%20THE...
[3] She is professor of Sociology and dean at the Erasmus Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Humanities at Erasmus University Rotterdam. she worked at the University of Amsterdam as head of the Department of Communication, and till December 2015 she was professor in Media and Communication at Loughborough University (UK). She also held various positions at other universities in the world. Her research covers a wide range of issues in the social sciences and humanities, but all concern the question whether and how popular culture is a relevant resource for civic understanding and social participation. See “Prof.dr.E.A.(Liesbet) van Zoonen” retrieved on 17-05-2018 from http://www.egsh.eur.nl/people/liesbet-van-zoonen/
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