@article {1294, title = {Mapping the Landscape of Digital Petitionary Prayer as Spiritual/Social Support in Mobile, Facebook, and E-mail}, journal = { Journal of Media and Religion}, volume = {12}, year = {2013}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {Traditional prayers can function to provide spiritual and social support for oneself and others. With social media, this support finds a new expression in digital prayers. We map the landscape of digital petitionary prayers for self and others across three different media. In survey one (n = 218), frequency of digital petitionary prayers, described by topic, relationship, place, and outcome, was highest for the mobile medium (phone and text messaging), midrange for Facebook (posting and e-mail), and lowest for traditional e-mail. A second survey (n = 116) revealed that different types and contexts for petitionary prayers are positively associated with love of self, others, and God. Suggestions for future research include investigating the quality and outcomes of petitionary prayers across private, face-to-face, and digital contexts.}, keywords = {Digital, digital prayers, God, mobile, New Media, petitionary prayers, Self, Traditional prayers}, doi = {10.1080/15348423.2013.760385}, url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15348423.2013.760385$\#$.Ulmi51Csim5}, author = {E. James Baeslera and Yi-Fan Chena} } @article {989, title = {Mapping the Landscape of Digital Petitionary Prayer as Spiritual/Social Support in Mobile, Facebook, and E-mail}, journal = {Journal of Media and Religion }, volume = {12}, year = {2013}, pages = {1-15}, abstract = {Traditional prayers can function to provide spiritual and social support for oneself and others. With social media, this support finds a new expression in digital prayers. We map the landscape of digital petitionary prayers for self and others across three different media. In survey one (n = 218), frequency of digital petitionary prayers, described by topic, relationship, place, and outcome, was highest for the mobile medium (phone and text messaging), midrange for Facebook (posting and e-mail), and lowest for traditional e-mail. A second survey (n = 116) revealed that different types and contexts for petitionary prayers are positively associated with love of self, others, and God. Suggestions for future research include investigating the quality and outcomes of petitionary prayers across private, face-to-face, and digital contexts.}, keywords = {email, Facebook, mobile, Prayer Online}, url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15348423.2013.760385}, author = {E. James Baeslera and Yi-Fan Chena} } @book {130, title = {The Wonder Phone in the Land of Miracles. Mobile Telephony in Israel}, year = {2008}, publisher = {Hampton Press, Inc}, organization = {Hampton Press, Inc}, address = {Cresskill, NJ}, abstract = {Studies conducted over several years in Israel explored social aspects of the developing mobile phone phenomenon. Using a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods the research examined the place that the "Wonder Phone" has been occupying in many facets of life. It was concluded that the mobile is "not only talk"--as a recent campaign slogan of one of Israel{\textquoteright}s mobile providers suggests. Rather, it is a medium through which Israelis define their gendered and national identities; it offers an experience of "being there" and a security net holding family members and loved ones together, especially in terms of terror and war; and it provides a lifeline during existential crises around which rituals of mourning are crystallized. In analyzing the mobile phone as it is contextualized in Israeli society, two opposing social forces can clearly be seen: on the one hand, the mobile is an expression of late modernity and globalization; but on the other hand it is recruited as a tool--as well as a symbol--for the expression of locality and patriotic sentiments.}, keywords = {Israel, mobile, technology, Telephone}, author = {Cohen, Akiba and Lemish, Dafna and Schejter, Amit} } @inbook {826, title = {You Are What You Install: Religious Authenticity and Identity in Mobile Apps}, booktitle = {Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds}, year = {2012}, publisher = {Routledge}, organization = {Routledge}, address = {London}, keywords = {Apps, identity, mobile, religious}, issn = {0415676118}, author = {Wagner, R} }