
Believing In Bits Advances The Idea That Religious Beliefs And Practices Have Become Inextricably Linked To The Functioning Of Digital Media. How Did We Come To Associate Things Such As Mindreading And Spirit Communications With The Functioning Of Digital Technologies? How Does The Internetâs Capacity To Facilitate The Proliferation Of Beliefs Blur The Boundaries Between What Is Considered Fiction And Fact? Addressing These And Similar Questions, The Volume Challenges And Redefines Established Understandings Of Digital Media And Culture By Employing The Notions Of Belief, Religion, And The Supernatural.
This volume investigates the intersection of digital media functionality and the persistence of religious belief, questioning how modern technology facilitates the integration of supernatural concepts into everyday digital interaction. Diana Walsh Pasulka and Simone Natale utilize a multidisciplinary framework, drawing from media studies, religious history, and sociology to argue that digital platforms act as conduits for belief systems that were previously relegated to traditional religious spheres. The authors examine how the architecture of the internet encourages the blurring of boundaries between empirical fact and speculative fiction.
What You Will Find
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Experts in media studies and the sociology of religion identify this text as a significant contribution to understanding the digital age's influence on human belief structures. Readers frequently note the accessible yet theoretically rigorous nature of the prose, making it a valuable resource for scholars and students interested in the intersection of technology and culture.
Page Count:
304
Publication Date:
2019-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190050004
ISBN-13:
9780190050009
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