LEADER 04430nam 2200625 450 001 9910460491003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-253-01530-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000354212 035 $a(EBL)1938280 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001421437 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12523147 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001421437 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11424099 035 $a(PQKB)11034316 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1938280 035 $a(OCoLC)903358867 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse45412 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1938280 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11017450 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000354212 100 $a20150217h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNew media and religious transformations in Africa /$fedited by Rosalind I. J. Hackett and Benjamin F. Soares ; foreword by Francis B. Nyamnjoh 210 1$aBloomington, Indiana :$cIndiana University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (333 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-01519-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tIntroduction: New media and religious transformations in Africa /$rRosalind I. J. Hackett and Benjamin F. Soares --$gPart 1. "Old" media: print and radio --$tA history of Sauti ya Mvita ("Voice of Mombasa"): radio, public culture, and Islam in coastal Kenya, 1947-1966 /$rJames R. Brennan --$tBetween standardization and pluralism: the Islamic printing market and its social spaces in Bamako, Mali /$rFrancesco Zappa --$tBinary Islam: media and religious movements in Nigeria /$rBrian Larkin --$tMuslim community radio stations: constructing and shaping identities in a democratic South Africa /$rMuhammed Haron --$gPart 2. New media and media worlds --$tMediating transcendence: popular film, visuality, and religious experience in West Africa /$rJohannes Merz --$tThe heart of man: Pentecostalist emotive style in and beyond Kinshasa's media world /$rKatrien Pype --$tIslamic communication and mass media in Cameroon /$rHamadou Adama --$t"We are on the Internet": contemporary Pentecostalism in Africa and the new culture of online religion /$rJ. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu --$tConveying Islam: Arab Islamic satellite channels as new players /$rEhab Galal --$tReligious discourse in the new media: a case study of Pentecostal discourse communities of SMS users in south-western Nigeria /$r[ayn]Rotimi Taiwo --$gPart 3. Arenas of exchange, competition, and conflict --$tMedia Afrikania: styles and strategies of representing "Afrikan traditional religion" in Ghana /$rMarleen de Witte --$tEnwele Jesu: gospel music and religious publics in Nigeria /$rVicki L. Brennan --$tManaging miracles: ambiguities in the regulation of religious broadcasting in Nigeria /$rAsonzeh Ukah --$tLiving across digital landscapes: Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and an Indian guru in Ethiopia /$rSamson A. Bezabeh --$tZulu dreamscapes: senses, media, and authentication in contemporary neo-Shamanism /$rDavid Chidester. 330 $aNew Media and Religious Transformations in Africa casts a critical look at Africa's rapidly evolving religious media scene. Following political liberalization, media deregulation, and the proliferation of new media technologies, many African religious leaders and activists have appropriated such media to strengthen and expand their communities and gain public recognition. Media have also been used to marginalize and restrict the activities of other groups, which has sometimes led to tension, conflict, and even violence. Showing how media are rarely neutral vehicles of expression, the contribut 606 $aMass media in religion$zAfrica 606 $aSocial media$xReligious aspects 606 $aSocial media$zAfrica 607 $aAfrica$xReligion$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMass media in religion 615 0$aSocial media$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aSocial media 676 $a302.23096 702 $aHackett$b Rosalind I. J. 702 $aSoares$b Benjamin F. 702 $aNyamnjoh$b Francis B. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460491003321 996 $aNew media and religious transformations in Africa$91958523 997 $aUNINA