%0 Journal Article %J Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies %D 2014 %T Church In The Public Sphere: Production Of Meaning Between Rational And Irrational %A Bratosin, Stefan %K Church %K Faith %K media %K production of meaning %K public sphere %K religion %K symbolic forms %X In the public sphere and especially in the media, the discourse on the Church and about the Church on faith and religion is often tainted by the confusion of meaning due, among other things, to the mutual borrowing less rigorous – epistemologically and methodologically – of the concepts which engage various disciplines (theology, sociology, anthropology, political science, information and communication science, and so on) who take possession of problematic centered on the relation between mankind and divinity. This article presents some basic benchmarks for analyzing and understanding the construction of meaning as well as the rationality or irrationality of these issues by convening the disciplinary distinction between the content of the concepts of organization and that of the institution. %B Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies %V Vol 13 %P 3-20 %8 07/2014 %G eng %U http://jsri.ro/ojs/index.php/jsri/article/view/741 %N 38 %& 3 %0 Conference Proceedings %B Espace Public et Communication de la Foi %D 2014 %T Espace public et communication de la foi %A Bratosin, Stefan %A Tudor, Mihaela-Alexandra %K communication – group and community %K Faith %K public sphere %K religion %X Questioning the faith in its communicability in the public sphere is an open issue. This book is the evidence that, according to Gilbert Durand reflection on the sacred expressed in an interview for Essachess - Journal for Communication Studies in 2011, shortly before his death, the communication of faith in the public sphere seems "both changing and unchanging", changing because the communication as production of the meaning in a practiced context makes it changing and unchanging because it is always related to a single Truth. *** Interroger la foi dans sa communicabilité dans l'espace public demeure un chantier ouvert. Cet ouvrage représente le témoignage que, selon une réflexion de Gilbert Durand sur le sacré exprimée dans un entretien pour Essachess - Journal for Communication Studies en 2011, peu avant sa mort, la communication de la foi dans l'espace public semble « à la fois changeante et immuable », changeante car la communication comme production de sens dans un contexte pratiqué la rend changeante et immuable car elle reste toujours liée à une seule et unique Vérité. %B Espace Public et Communication de la Foi %7 Iarsic %I Iarsic %C Les Arcs/France %P 510 %8 12/2014 %@ 978-2953245028 %G eng %U http://iarsic.com/en/product/espace-public-et-communication-de-la-foi/ %0 Journal Article %J CyberOrient %D 2012 %T Al Jazeera’s Framing of Social Media During the Arab Spring. %A Heidi Campbell %A Diana Hawk %K activism %K Arab Spring %K democracy %K Egypt %K information and communication technology %K internet %K public sphere %K satellite TV %K social media %X This study investigates how Al Jazeera framed social media in relation to the revolutions and protests of the “Arab Spring” within its broadcast media coverage. A content analysis of Arabic language broadcasts appearing from January 25th through February 18th 2011, covering the protests in Tahrir Square, was conducted using the Broadcast Monitoring System (BMS) and Arab Spring Archive. Through this analysis we see a number of common narratives being used by Al Jazeera to frame social media and make claims about the influence they had on the protests and related social movements. By noting the frequency of social communications technologies referenced, ways in which these technologies were characterized and interpreting supporting themes with which they were identified helps illuminate the assumptions promoted by Al Jazeera regarding the role and impact of social communications technology on these events. %B CyberOrient %V 6 %G eng %U http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=7758 %N 1 %0 Book Section %B Halos and avatars: Playing (video) games with God %D 2010 %T Islamogaming: Digital Dignity via Alternative Storytelling %A Heidi Campbell %K Christianity %K game studies %K Islam %K public sphere %K video games %K virtual worlds %X Craig Detweiler's collection of up-to-the-minute essays on video games' theological themes (and yes, they do exist!) is an engaging and provocative book for gamers, parents, pastors, media scholars, and theologians--virtually anyone who has dared to consider the ramifications of modern society's obsession with video games and online media. Together, these essays take on an exploding genre in popular culture and interpret it through a refreshing and enlightening philosophical lens. %B Halos and avatars: Playing (video) games with God %I Westminster Press %C Louisville %P 63-74 %G English %U http://books.google.com/books?id=GomyEvcocJsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false %0 Journal Article %J Media, Culture & Society %D 2016 %T Mediatization: analyzing transformations of religion from a gender perspective %A Lövheim, M %K GENDER %K mediatization %K public sphere %K religion %X This book presents new research on the changing relationship between the media, religion and culture from a Nordic perspective, while engaging with the theory of the mediatization of religion. In contemporary society, news journalism, film and television series, as well as new digital media, provide critical commentary on religion while also enabling new forms of religious imagery and interaction. Religious leaders, communities and individuals reflexively negotiate their presence within this new mediatized reality. In an increasingly globalized Nordic context, the media have also come to play an important role in the performance of both individual and social identities, and in the representation and development of social and religious conflicts. Through empirical analysis and theoretical discussions, scholars from film and media studies, the sociology of religion, and theology contribute to the development of the theory of the mediatization of religion as well as to the broader research field of media, religion and culture. %B Media, Culture & Society %V 38 %P 18–27 %G eng %U http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0163443715615411?journalCode=mcsa %N 1