Implications of the Sacred in (Post)Modern Media

Raimo Salokangas, Knut Lundby, Johanna Sumiala-Seppänen (red.)
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The news media report global conflicts related to religion. New expressions of religiosity and spirituality appear in popular media culture. The relation-ship between media and the sacred has become an inevitable topic.This book offers new and fresh perspectives on the media, the sacred and religion. It has a Nordic voice. This means that it focuses on empirical data collected from the Nordic countries. Most of the authors are from the Nordic region, critical views from other corners of the world are brought in as well.This book creates a platform for a genuinely multidimensional and cross-disciplinary discussion on the subject of the media, the sacred and religion in the context of (post)modern media.

Content

Foreword

I. Studying Media and the Sacred

Implications of the Sacred in Media Studies
Johanna Sumiala-Seppänen

The Self as a Sacred Object in Media
Eric W. Rothenbuhler

Contested Communication. Mediating the Sacred
Knut Lundby

News of the Unholy. Constructing Religion as a Social Problem in the News Media
Titus Hjelm

II. Implication of the Sacred in History and News

The Tsunami of the Media. The Structural Coupling between Mass Media and Religion
Lars Qvortrup

God, Crown and Mammon. The Public Sphere and Transforming Alliances and Balances of Power
Raimo Salokangas

Religion in the Newsrooms. Policies and Attitudes of Danish Editors and Journalists
Tim Jensen

Dangerous Metaphors. The Media Coverage of the American Crusade
Matteo Stocchetti, Lars Lundsten

III The Sacred and (Post)Modern Media Culture

Sacred Scenarios and Digital Narratives
Larry Friedlander

As It Is in Heaven. Dionysian Ritual on the Big Screen
Anita Hammer

Sacred Film
Jolyon Mitchell

Seek and You Will Find. A Critical Discussion of the Search for “Christian” Content in Popular Culture
Andreas Häger

Harry Potter and Religious Mediatization
Jeanette Sky

A Space Set Apart? Young People Exploring the Sacred on the Internet
Mia Lövheim

The Authors

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