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Muslim Religiosity in the Digital Transformation: How Young People Deal with Images of Islam in the Media

Muslim Religiosity in the Digital Transformation: How Young People Deal with Images of Islam in the Media

Yildiz, Erol
Aslan, Ednan

Paperback

Series: Wiener Beiträge Zur Islamforschung

General Sociology

ISBN10: 3658456612
ISBN13: 9783658456610
Publisher: Springer vs
Published: Oct 30 2024
Pages: 225
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

The effects of social media can be observed particularly in relation to the religious commitment and religious practices of young people - who today are summarized under terms such as internet generation, media generation or digital natives. Online media exert a major influence on their lives, their understanding of the world, their religious orientations and actions. Their identity constructions, their cultural and religious orientations are closely intertwined with social media. This is precisely where the present study started with the question of what subjective consequences interaction on the social web has for the religious orientations, practices and self-conceptions of Muslim young people in Austria. The focus was on the connections between media use, media images of Islam and lived religiosity. On the one hand, the results show that the use of social media creates objective spaces of opportunity that can go hand in hand with an expansion of individual scope for action, whereby religious authority is increasingly being questioned. On the other hand, the study also shows that the use of digital media can also lead to a narrowing of individual religious orientations.

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