Alexandra Boutros
Biographic Data
| ID | 6276768 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Boutros |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Boutros |
| SIGNATURE | BOUTROS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9630-4022 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction
The Edges of a Pandemic
The circulation of misinformation, pseudoscience, and conspiracy theories related to the global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus are often subjected to a hegemonic categorization that renders those ignoring social distancing recommendations or seeking alternative cures “covidiots.” This text examines the public circulation of those fragments of discourse simultaneously relegated to the edges of the pandemic and made hypervisible through medi…
Sounds like Haiti”
This article examines three uses made of Haiti in Canadian popular music in the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake: K’naan’s “Wavin’ Flag” remade into a charity single, a documentary on hip-hop workshops held in Haiti by Nomadic Massive (Montreal), and the release of Arcade Fire’s Reflektor. In each case, the earthquake is addressed, transnational affiliation is expressed, and value is assigned to Haiti. Through these examples, I unpack the discur…
The Media and Religious Authority
As the availability and use of media platforms continue to expand, the cultural visibility of religion is on the rise, leading to questions about religious authority: Where does it come from? How is it established? What might be changing it? The contributors to The Media and Religious Authority examine the ways in which new centers of power and influence are emerging as religions seek to “brand” themselves in the media age. Putting their in-depth…
The Media and Religious Authority
"Explores how modern means of communication are changing religion, and how contemporary mediations of religion challenge and refine the aspirations and prospects of religious authority"--Provided by publisher.
Visible/Invisible
I t is by now well understood that the predicted decline of religion in the modern age has not come to pass. While some have spoken of a "return of religion" to the public stage, the argument could be made that religion has not so much returned as become newly visible in particular ways. And yet, the assumption that religion somehow belongs (or ought to belong) to the domains of "tradition" and "the pre-modern" remains a highly visible feature of…
Religion in the Afrosphere
The Afrosphere is a diverse field of social media marked by a willingness to engage issues of shared or collective concern for inhabitants of the “Black Atlantic” or the “Black diaspora.” By looking at blogs as a form of public address, this analysis examines instances of religion in the Afrosphere as components of strategic identification around what Stephan Palmié terms “black collective selfhood.” Considering both the technological affordances…
Gods on the move
Recently, mediatisation has emerged as a theory seeking to account for the seemingly pervasive influence of media on social, cultural and religious practices and institutions. Mediatisation theory, as proposed by Stig Hjarvard, suggests that mediatisation is a modern Western process whereby the media usurps social activities once the domain of institutional religion. Such a theory, focusing on changes that media brings to institutional religions …
Circulation and the City
Visual Habits
Gods on the move
Recently, mediatisation has emerged as a theory seeking to account for the seemingly pervasive influence of media on social, cultural and religious practices and institutions. Mediatisation theory, as proposed by Stig Hjarvard, suggests that mediatisation is a modern Western process whereby the media usurps social activities once the domain of institutional religion. Such a theory, focusing on changes that media brings to institutional religions …
Visual Habits
Circulation and the City
Gods on the move
Recently, mediatisation has emerged as a theory seeking to account for the seemingly pervasive influence of media on social, cultural and religious practices and institutions. Mediatisation theory, as proposed by Stig Hjarvard, suggests that mediatisation is a modern Western process whereby the media usurps social activities once the domain of institutional religion. Such a theory, focusing on changes that media brings to institutional religions …
Visible/Invisible
I t is by now well understood that the predicted decline of religion in the modern age has not come to pass. While some have spoken of a "return of religion" to the public stage, the argument could be made that religion has not so much returned as become newly visible in particular ways. And yet, the assumption that religion somehow belongs (or ought to belong) to the domains of "tradition" and "the pre-modern" remains a highly visible feature of…
Religion in the Afrosphere
The Afrosphere is a diverse field of social media marked by a willingness to engage issues of shared or collective concern for inhabitants of the “Black Atlantic” or the “Black diaspora.” By looking at blogs as a form of public address, this analysis examines instances of religion in the Afrosphere as components of strategic identification around what Stephan Palmié terms “black collective selfhood.” Considering both the technological affordances…
The Media and Religious Authority
As the availability and use of media platforms continue to expand, the cultural visibility of religion is on the rise, leading to questions about religious authority: Where does it come from? How is it established? What might be changing it? The contributors to The Media and Religious Authority examine the ways in which new centers of power and influence are emerging as religions seek to “brand” themselves in the media age. Putting their in-depth…
The Media and Religious Authority
"Explores how modern means of communication are changing religion, and how contemporary mediations of religion challenge and refine the aspirations and prospects of religious authority"--Provided by publisher.
The Edges of a Pandemic
The circulation of misinformation, pseudoscience, and conspiracy theories related to the global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus are often subjected to a hegemonic categorization that renders those ignoring social distancing recommendations or seeking alternative cures “covidiots.” This text examines the public circulation of those fragments of discourse simultaneously relegated to the edges of the pandemic and made hypervisible through medi…
Sounds like Haiti”
This article examines three uses made of Haiti in Canadian popular music in the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake: K’naan’s “Wavin’ Flag” remade into a charity single, a documentary on hip-hop workshops held in Haiti by Nomadic Massive (Montreal), and the release of Arcade Fire’s Reflektor. In each case, the earthquake is addressed, transnational affiliation is expressed, and value is assigned to Haiti. Through these examples, I unpack the discur…
Introduction
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Media, Religion, Digital Communication (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (3 works)