From socialization to self-socialization? Exploring the role of digital media in the religious lives of young adults in Ghana, Turkey, and Peru

Previous research has pointed to the central role of media for the current young adult generation when it comes to finding information about religion, exploring beliefs, and developing a religious identity. This article explores how young adult university students in three different contexts - Ghana...

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Publié dans:Religion
Auteurs: Moberg, Marcus 1978- (Auteur) ; Sjö, Sofia 1977- (Auteur) ; Benyah, Francis (Auteur) ; Cardenas, Sidney Castillo (Auteur) ; Golo, Ben-Willie Kwaku (Auteur) ; Gökçe, Habie Erdis (Auteur) ; Hart, Rafael Fernández (Auteur) ; Jó, Mauricio Javier Villacrez (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge [2019]
Dans: Religion
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Ghana / Türkei / Peru / Adulte (18-25 Jahre) / Socialisation religieuse / Nouveaux médias
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord
KBN Afrique subsaharienne
KBR Amérique Latine
Sujets non-standardisés:B Young adults
B Religious Socialization
B Emerging adulthood
B Tukey
B Media
B Religion
B Ghana
B self-socialization
B Peru
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Résumé:Previous research has pointed to the central role of media for the current young adult generation when it comes to finding information about religion, exploring beliefs, and developing a religious identity. This article explores how young adult university students in three different contexts - Ghana, Turkey, and Peru - report using digital media for religious purposes. The article builds on previous research on the role of media in religious socialization and explores the usefulness of the notion of self-socialization in a transnational study. The studied contexts are all shown to differ when it comes to levels of self-reported religiosity and use of media for religious purposes. The article illustrates the independent use of digital media in all contexts and self-socialization taking place on a general level, but also highlights the continuous importance of traditional socialization agents, thus questioning simplistic understandings of the role of media in religious socialization.
ISSN:1096-1151
Contient:Enthalten in: Religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2019.1584353