TY - BOOK T1 - The Mediatization of Culture and Society Y1 - 2013 A1 - Hjarvard, Stig AB - Mediatization has emerged as a key concept to reconsider old, yet fundamental questions about the role and influence of media in culture and society. In particular the theory of mediatization has proved fruitful for the analysis of how media spread to, become intertwined with, and influence other social institutions and cultural phenomena like politics, play and religion. PB - Routledge SN - 9780415692373 UR - https://www.routledge.com/The-Mediatization-of-Culture-and-Society/Hjarvard/p/book/9780415692373 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The mediatisation of religion: Theorising religion, media and social change JF - Culture and Religion Y1 - 2011 A1 - Hjarvard, Stig AB - 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. UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14755610.2011.579719 ER -