TY - JOUR

T1 - The mediatisation of religion

T2 - Theorising religion, media and social change

AU - Hjarvard, Stig

PY - 2011/6

Y1 - 2011/6

N2 - Drawing on recent advances in mediatisation theory, the article presents atheoretical framework for understanding the increased interplay betweenreligion and media. The media have become an important, if not primary,source of information about religious issues, and religious information andexperiences become moulded according to the demands of popular mediagenres. As a cultural and social environment, the media have taken overmany of the cultural and social functions of the institutionalised religions andprovide spiritual guidance, moral orientation, ritual passages and a sense ofcommunity and belonging. Furthermore, the article considers the relationshipbetween mediatisation and secularisation at three levels: society,organisation and individual. At the level of society, mediatisation is anintegral part of secularisation. At the level of organisation and the individual,mediatisation may both encourage secular practices and beliefs and invitereligious imaginations typically of a more subjectivised nature.

AB - Drawing on recent advances in mediatisation theory, the article presents atheoretical framework for understanding the increased interplay betweenreligion and media. The media have become an important, if not primary,source of information about religious issues, and religious information andexperiences become moulded according to the demands of popular mediagenres. As a cultural and social environment, the media have taken overmany of the cultural and social functions of the institutionalised religions andprovide spiritual guidance, moral orientation, ritual passages and a sense ofcommunity and belonging. Furthermore, the article considers the relationshipbetween mediatisation and secularisation at three levels: society,organisation and individual. At the level of society, mediatisation is anintegral part of secularisation. At the level of organisation and the individual,mediatisation may both encourage secular practices and beliefs and invitereligious imaginations typically of a more subjectivised nature.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - mediatization of religion

KW - media and religion

KW - secularization

KW - Nordic Countries

U2 - 10.1080/14755610.2011.579719

DO - 10.1080/14755610.2011.579719

M3 - Journal article

VL - 12

SP - 119

EP - 135

JO - Culture and Religion

JF - Culture and Religion

SN - 1475-5610

IS - 2

ER -