TY - BOOK T1 - When Religion Meets New Media Y1 - 2010 A1 - Heidi Campbell KW - Christianity KW - Islam KW - Judaism KW - New Media AB - This book focuses on how different Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities engage with new media. Rather than simply reject or accept new media, religious communities negotiate complex relationships with these technologies in light of their history and beliefs. I suggest a method for studying these processes called the "religious-social shaping of technology" and students are asked to consider four key areas: religious tradition and history; contemporary community values and priorities; negotiation and innovating technology in light of the community; communal discourses applied to justify use. A variety of examples such as the Christian e-vangelism movement, Modern Islamic discourses about computers and the rise of the Jewish kosher cell phone, demonstrate the dominant strategies which emerge for religious media users, as well as the unique motivations that guide specific groups. PB - Routledge CY - London UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=UykFd5cBsrYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ER -