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The mediatisation of religion: Theorising religion, media and social change

Hjarvard, Stig·2011·Culture and Religion
DOI 10.1080/14755610.2011.579719
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Drawing on recent advances in mediatisation theory, the article presents a theoretical framework for understanding the increased interplay between religion and media. The media have become an important, if not primary, source of information about religious issues, and religious information and experiences become moulded according to the demands of popular media genres. As a cultural and social environment, the media have taken over many of the cultural and social functions of the institutionalised religions and provide spiritual guidance, moral orientation, ritual passages and a sense of community and belonging. Furthermore, the article considers the relationship between mediatisation and secularisation at three levels: society, organisation and individual. At the level of society, mediatisation is an integral part of secularisation. At the level of organisation and the individual, mediatisation may both encourage secular practices and beliefs and invite religious imaginations typically of a more subjectivised nature.

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Authors
Hjarvard, S.
Affiliations
University of Copenhagen (DK)
Corresponding author
Hjarvard, Stig
ORCID
Hjarvard, Stig
Venue
Culture and Religion
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2011-06
Volume
12
Issue
2
Pages
119-135
ISSN
  • 1475-5610 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-5629
DOI
10.1080/14755610.2011.579719
OpenAlex
W2129243028
Cited by
319
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 35 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 1
FWCI
34.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Culture and Religion (publishedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Media, Religion, Digital Communication
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Mediatization and Communication for Social Change
Keywords
media and religion, secularization, media genres, religious information, spiritual guidance, ritual, religious communities, religious subjectivity, social change

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