Digital Mary

Religious Mediatization and the Re-Enchantment of a Mega Symbol

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6443369
AutoresOren Golan (0000-0003-3203-809X, University of Haifa, autor correspondente), N Stadler (0000-0001-5945-7062, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Ano2024
Volume27
Fascículo11
Páginas6273-6294
Data de publicação2024-07-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14614448241265513
OpenAlexW4401053328
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas45

This study examines how sacred sites and their agents construct the mediatization of Mary. A qualitative analysis of Instagram postings of four European holy sites of the Virgin combined with ethnographic fieldwork identified three primary ways in which webmasters manage Marian sites to amplify her charismatic appeal and inspire awe: (1) Marycentrism : Situating Mary as the all-encompassing focal protagonist that is separate and aggrandized on postings; (2) Enchanting Pragmatism : Imbuing religious symbols in informational and institutional knowledge concerning the Marian site; and (3) Open-Ended Participation : Displaying public events of saint veneration to elicit voluntary communicative acts that engage users with the physical space, and provide a shared experience of the mediatized events leading to a connection with the transcendental. The discussion centers on the ways that mediatization has transformed her icon into a ubiquitous image of a sole mother Goddess while altering represented and in-person worship and rituals

Aesthetics · Appeal · Art · Charisma · Construct (python library · Epistemology · Ethnography · Icon · Media studies · Mediation · Political science · Religious experience · Social science · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Theology · Transcendental number · Veneration · Worship · Anthropology · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Social Media and Politics