Atheism Unbound: The Role of the New Media in The Formation of a Secular Identity

Authors: 
Christopher Deacy
Authors: 
Richard Cimino
Date published: 
2012-02
Journal: 
Proceeding 3rd International Conference on ICT4M 2010
http://www.secularismandnonreligion.org/index.php/snr/article/view/3

In this article we examine the Internet’s role in facilitating a more visible and active secular identity. Seeking to situate this more visible and active secularist presence—which we consider a form of activism in terms of promoting the importance of secularist concerns and issues in public discourse—we conclude by looking briefly at the relationship between secularist cyber-activism and secular organizations, on one hand, and the relationship between secularist activism and American politics on the other.

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New Media, Politics and Society in Israel

"This book addresses the social and political landscape of Internet usage in Israel, and studies the formation of a networked information society in the ""hi-tech nation"". As Israel is considered a highly technologically developed country, it could serve as a model to assess and compare the performance and prospects of the Internet in other countries as well.

Authors: 
Azi Lev-On
Authors: 
Gideon Doron
Date published: 
2012-01
ISBN: 
0415695767

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Spirituality and Support: A Descriptive Analysis of Online Social Support for Depression

Authors: 
David M. Keating
Date published: 
2012-03
Journal: 
Proceeding 3rd International Conference on ICT4M 2010
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j878jh057h464532/

This study examined supportive messages in spiritual and non-spiritual online support groups for depression. Both social support and religiosity have been associated with reduced depressive symptomology. Proportions of three types of support (i.e., informational, emotional, and network) were considered; messages were further delineated as being either religious or non-religious in nature. Messages (N = 2,674) from two Christian and two unaffiliated online groups were analyzed.

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New Forms Of Public Religion

Submitted by Gabor Por on Tue, 2012-02-14 01:00

10.30 a.m. Wednesday 5th to 2 p.m. on Friday 7th September 2012 at the Divinity School, St John’s College, University of Cambridge

Call for Papers

The fact that religion has not privatised, but remains an important aspect of public life, is now well recognised. But talk of ‘public religion’ can be vague and unfocused. The aim of this conference is to explore – with new findings – the forms which public religion is taking today, not only in the West, but elsewhere in an increasingly connected world.

2012 Conference on Information and Religion

Submitted by Gabor Por on Fri, 2012-02-10 01:00

Theme: Preservation and Access: Facilitating Research in Information and Religion

Dates: May 18-19, 2012
Keynote: Carisse Mickey Berryhill, Ph.D., Special Collections Librarian, Abilene Christian University

The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) will host its Second Annual International Conference on Information and Religion at Kent State University on May 18 and 19, 2012.

http://www.kent.edu/slis/research/csir/conference-2012.cfm

Google and Facebook pull content after Indian courts say it offends religions

Submitted by Gabor Por on Tue, 2012-02-07 01:00

"Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown “like China” if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities. The two are among 21 companies ordered to develop a mechanism to block material considered religiously offensive to the Prophet Mohammed, Jesus and various Hindu gods and goddesses, after private petitioners took them to court over images deemed offensive to Hindus, Muslims and Christians."

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