Japanese religions on the Internet : innovation, representation and authority / edited by Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader, and Birgit Staemmler.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Baffelli, Erica, 1976-, Reader, Ian, 1949-, Staemmler, Birgit, 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series:Routledge research in religion, media and culture ; 2.
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Table of Contents:
  • Media and religion in Japan / Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader, and Birgit Staemmler
  • Internet and religion in Japan : innovation, representation, and authority / Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader, and Birgit Staemmler
  • The situation of Japanese traditional Buddhism in the Web 2.0 era : who attacks and who guards the religion? / Fukamizu Kenshin
  • Preserving the dignity of Shinto shrines in the age of the Internet : a social context analysis / Kurosaki Hiroyuki
  • The Shikoku pilgrimage online : official sites, promotion, commerce, and the replication of authority / Ian Reader
  • Pilgrim leadership rendered in HTML : bloggers and the Shikoku Henro / John Shultz
  • Charismatic blogger? : authority and new religions on the Web 2.0 / Erica Baffelli
  • Caught in the net : celebrity representation and Japanese religion from historical and contemporary perspectives / Benjamin Dorman
  • Shaping shamanism online : patterns of authority in Wikipedia / Birgit Staemmler
  • Reflexive self-identification of Internet users and the authority of Sōka Gakkai : analysis of discourse in Japanese BBS / Tamura Takanori and Tamura Daiyū
  • Conclusions and issues for future research / Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader and Birgit Staemmler.