The Digitalization of Religion
Smartphone Use and Subjective Well-Being during Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2288295 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sidharth Muralidharan (0000-0003-0982-5298, Temerlin Advertising Institute Southern Methodist University, corresponding author), Carrie La Ferle (0000-0002-5894-101X, Temerlin Advertising Institute Southern Methodist University), Osnat Roth-Cohen (0000-0001-6072-0091, Ariel University), Osnat Roth‐cohen (Ariel University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 144-163 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jssr.12831 |
| OpenAlex | W4319787368 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 69 |
Previous findings indicate that smartphone use can decrease life satisfaction and can negatively impact religious or spiritual goals. But since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, smartphones have become significantly more positive and useful. Smartphones have helped people move on with their lives, especially due to the myriad benefits they offer. Users can 'virtually' spend time with family and friends (i.e., social) and can order groceries, read the news, attend to religious and spiritual needs, and entertain themselves (i.e., process) without venturing out. In the theoretical framework of uses and gratifications, we explored the impact that smartphone use can have on the subjective well-being of Jews and Christians, respectively, in countries with the highest smartphone penetration: Israel and the United States. Furthermore, we introduced religiosity and spirituality, which have surged during the pandemic, as mediators in the proposed model. In the United States, social and process smartphone use enhanced subjective well-being through religiosity (vs. spirituality). In Israel, the process use enhanced subjective well-being through spirituality (vs. religiosity). Theoretical implications are discussed
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Internet privacy · Pandemic · Political science · Religiosity · Social media · Sociology · Spirituality · Computer Science · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Sampling Essentials
Media for Coping During Covid-19 Social Distancing
Digital detox
Religious attendance and the health behaviors of Texas adults
Risk factors for psychological distress during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Israel
The Spirituality Scale
The Internet and Social Life
In crisis, we pray
Religiosity and prosocial behaviours in adolescence
The Relationship Between Spirituality, Health-Related Behavior, and Psychological Well-Being
Mobile-mediated multimodal communications, relationship quality and subjective well-being
Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis
Advancing digital disconnection research
Locked down through virtual disconnect
Digital placemaking and networked corporeality
Are you talking to me? Generation X, Y, Z responses to mobile advertising
When do smartphones displace face-to-face interactions and what to do about it
Contrasting Effects of Finding Meaning and Searching for Meaning, and Political Orientation and Religiosity, on Feelings and Behaviors During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The quest for meaning
Christian Spirituality and Smartphone Addiction in Adolescents
Maintaining Health and Well-Being by Putting Faith into Action During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Covid-19, Mental Health, and Religious Coping Among American Orthodox Jews
The Effects of Instant Messaging on the Quality of Adolescents’ Existing Friendships
Predictors of Internet Use
Out of sight is not out of mind
Modeling habitual and addictive smartphone behavior
Digital Stress over the Life Span
Social Capital
More Than Just Talk on the Move
Internet Gratifications and Internet Addiction
Dimensions and Correlates of Religious Ideologies
Impact of spirituality on resilience and coping during the Covid-19 crisis
Self-Concept in Consumer Behavior
Explicating self-phones
There’s a religious app for that! A framework for studying religious mobile applications
Mobile (Self-)Socialization
Mobile phones and the good life
Protecting the community
Jewish Secularism and Ethno-National Identity in Israel
The Interplay Between Meaning and Sacred Awareness in Everyday Life
The Capability ‘To Be Secure’
Current Jewish Spiritualities in Israel
Pandemic fitness assemblages
Individuals’ Use of Religion in Response to the Covid‐19 Pandemic as Complementary to Their Use of Medically Recommended Responses
Religion Protected Mental Health but Constrained Crisis Response During Crucial Early Days of the Covid‐19 Pandemic
The meaning in life questionnaire
The Dimensions of Religiosity
Does Religious Commitment Contribute to Individual Life Satisfaction
Back-Translation for Cross-Cultural Research
Tinkering with Technology and Religion in the Digital Age
The Ethic of Spirituality and the Non-Angry Subject
Religiosity in the Abandoned Apple Newton Brand Community
Quality of life in an alternative lifestyle
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |