@inbook {1301, title = {Grassroots Religion: Facebook and Offline Post-Denominational Judaism }, booktitle = {Social Media Religion and Spirituality}, year = {2013}, publisher = { De Gruyter}, organization = { De Gruyter}, chapter = {8}, address = {Berlin}, keywords = {Facebook, Jews, Judaism, Online, self-generated, social media, social network, Youth}, url = {http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/46335/1/SMRC_Umbruch_24_7_13.pdf$\#$page=147}, author = {Nathan Abrams and Sally Baker and B. J. Brown} } @inbook {498, title = {Why Youth Heart Social Network Sites}, booktitle = {Youth, Identity, and Digital Media Volume}, year = {2007}, pages = {119-142}, publisher = {MIT Press}, organization = {MIT Press}, address = {Cambridge, MA}, abstract = {Social network sites like MySpace and Facebook serve as "networked publics." As with unmediated publics like parks and malls, youth use networked publics to gather, socialize with their peers, and make sense of and help build the culture around them. This article examines American youth engagement in networked publics and considers how properties unique to such mediated environments (e.g., persistence, searchability, replicability, and invisible audiences) affect the ways in which youth interact with one another. Ethnographic data is used to analyze how youth recognize these structural properties and find innovative ways of making these systems serve their purposes. Issues like privacy and impression management are explored through the practices of teens and youth participation in social network sites is situated in a historical discussion of youth{\textquoteright}s freedom and mobility in the United States. }, keywords = {Social Networking, Young, Youth}, url = {http://www.danah.org/papers/WhyYouthHeart.pdf}, author = {Boyd, Danah} } @book {1284, title = {Invisible Users}, year = {2012}, publisher = {The MIT Press}, organization = {The MIT Press}, abstract = {An account of how young people in Ghana{\textquoteright}s capital city adopt and adapt digital technology in the margins of the global economy. Among other subjects: Religious practice and belief were a frequent point of reference for Ghanaian Internet users when they spoke about their social relationships, aspirations, and their use of technologies including the Internet. The way they talked about this belief was marked by a sense of the presence of spiritual forces (good and evil).}, keywords = {Africa, digital technologies, Ghana, Ghanaian, internet, network technologies, religious practice, spiritual, users, Youth}, url = {http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780262301459}, author = {Jenna Burrell} } @inbook {2097, title = {Online Communication of the Catholic World Youth Days}, booktitle = {Reflecting on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage}, year = {2012}, pages = {130{\textendash}144}, publisher = {ATLAS}, organization = {ATLAS}, address = {Arnhem}, abstract = {This paper aims to explore the ways in which religious tourism in India fosters religious tolerance. Design/methodology/approach {\textendash} The paper uses a conceptual apparatus derived from the basic structure of religious tourism comprising motivation, journey and destination, to understand various aspects of tolerance. Tolerance, with the implicit meaning of diversity and pluralism, is examined at two levels {\textendash} intra-religion and inter-religion {\textendash} using field investigations from three Hindu pilgrimage sites, namely, Vrindavan, Tuljapur, Shegaon and review of one Muslim site called Ajmer Sharif. These sites exhibit a range of combinations, sectarian traditions within Hindu and their interactions with others, including Muslims and foreigners. Findings {\textendash} Each of the sites provides different sets of opportunities for the {\textquotedblleft}others{\textquotedblright} to get exposed to religious and cultural aspects. It is found that tolerance within the Hindu sects and with non-Hindus from other religious faiths is a function of their engagement with cultural performances and participation in the religious tourism economy in a pilgrimage site. Originality/value {\textendash} On a broader level, this paper argues that conceptualising tolerance within a social and cultural sphere helps in a better understanding of tolerance and identifying areas within religious tourism where it can be promoted. A conscious effort to promote tolerance through religious tourism will add value to religious tourism and help it thrive. }, keywords = {Catholic, online communication, Youth}, issn = { 978-90-75775-53-2}, url = {http://www.atlas-webshop.org/Reflecting-on-Religious-Tourism-and-Pilgrimage}, author = {Cantoni, L and Stefania, M and De Ascanis, S} } @inbook {407, title = {The constant contact generation: exploring teen friendship networks online}, booktitle = {Girl Wide Web. Girls, the Internet, and the Negotiation for Identity}, year = {2005}, pages = {203-222}, abstract = {Given the rapidly growing presence of girls online, serious academic inquiry into the relationship between girls and the Internet is imperative. Girl Wide Web is an innovative collection of cutting-edge research exploring a wide sweep of issues related to the ways adolescent girls interact with the Internet. Employing a range of methodologies and theoretical perspectives primarily within cultural studies, the authors examine a variety of topics-from instant messaging and web-diaries to online fan communities and Internet advertising that targets young girls. Taken together, these essays provide a rich portrait of the complex relationship among girls, the Internet, and the negotiation of identity.}, keywords = {constant, friendships, generation, networks, teens, Youth}, url = {http://books.google.com/books?id=M_aTqHdkt4UC\&printsec=frontcover$\#$v=onepage\&q\&f=false}, author = {Clark, L. S.} } @book {1287, title = {Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet}, year = {2004}, publisher = {Routledge}, organization = {Routledge}, keywords = {Australia, cyberspace, identity, internet, Islam, religion, Spirituality, USA, virtual community, Youth}, url = {http://books.google.com/books?hl=en\&lr=\&id=wv7yBEkNy90C\&oi=fnd\&pg=PP2\&dq=religion+and+internet\&ots=CA4s_YcVP2\&sig=xdDIUwtCtkJoZbGLjswTPVLMeg4$\#$v=onepage\&q=religion\%20and\%20internet\&f=false}, author = {Lorne L. Dawson and Douglas E. Cowan} } @mastersthesis {310, title = {Rhythms and Rhymes of Life: Music and identification processes of Dutch-Moroccan youth}, volume = {PhD}, year = {2008}, note = {http://www.miriamgazzah.nl/uploads/4/5/7/7/4577982/rhythmsrhymesdissertation2008aup.miriamgazzah.pdf}, month = {2008}, school = {Amsterdam University Press}, type = {PhD}, keywords = {Dutch, identity, Music, Youth}, author = {Gazzah, Miriam} } @article {1292, title = {Faith in the Age of Facebook: Exploring the Links Between Religion and Social Network Site Membership and Use}, journal = {Sociology of Religion}, volume = {74}, year = {2013}, chapter = {227}, abstract = {This study examines how religiousness influences social network site (SNS) membership and frequency of use for emerging adults between 18 and 23 years old utilizing Wave 3 survey data from the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR). Independent of religion promoting a prosocial orientation, organizational involvement, and civic engagement, Catholics and Evangelical Protestants are more likely than the {\textquotedblleft}not religious{\textquotedblright} to be SNS members, and more Bible reading is associated with lower levels of SNS membership and use. We argue there are both sacred and secular influences on SNS involvement, and social behaviors, such as being in school and participating in more non-religious organizations, generally positively influence becoming a SNS member, yet certain more private behaviors, such as Bible reading, donating money, and helping the needy, lessen SNS participation. We also suggest four areas for future research to help untangle the influence of religiousness on SNS use and vice versa.}, keywords = {adolescents, civic participation, emerging adulthood, internet, personal religiosity, social networks, technology, Youth}, url = {http://socrel.oxfordjournals.org/content/74/2/227.short}, author = {Brian J. Miller and Peter Mundey and Jonathan P. Hill} } @article {1285, title = {Religion and Views on Reproductive Technologies: A Comparative Study of Jews and Non-Jews}, journal = {Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies }, volume = {10}, year = {1991}, abstract = {New developments in reproductive technology have proliferated throughout the last decade and received enormous attention from the public. In vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, and surrogate motherhood have all been the subject of controversy at the same time as they are becoming more widely}, keywords = {children, education, Jews, Non-Jews, religion, technology, Youth}, url = {http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/shofar/summary/v010/10.1.parmet.html}, author = {Harriet L. Parmet and Judith N. Lasker} }