Identity Politics in a Mediatized Religious Environment on Facebook
Yes to Wearing the Cross Whenever and Wherever I Choose
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20245328 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mona Abdel-Fadil (0000-0001-8445-3610, University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 457-486 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Europe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1874-8910 • E-ISSN: 1874-8929 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18748929-01004001 |
| OpenAlex | W2771564089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 13 |
The Norwegian Facebook page Yes to Wearing the Cross Whenever and Wherever I Choose was initially created to protest the prohibition of the cross for nrk news anchors. Yet, many of the discussions and audience interactions transpired into heated religio-political debates with strong elements of anti-Muslim, xenophobic, anti-secular, and anti-atheist sentiments. This study aims to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the interplay between media and religion by providing new insights on the variety of ways in which media audiences may ‘add a series of dynamics to conflicts, namely, amplification, framing and performative agency, and co-structuring’ and ‘perform conflict’, as formulated by Hjarvard et al. It is argued that mediatized conflicts with inherent trigger themes, which tug at core religio-political identity issues, also tend to evoke emotional responses, which, in turn, inspire social media users to perform the conflict in ways that multiply the conflict(s)
Aesthetics · Media studies · Performative utterance · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · History · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |