Bibliography 2: #BIB35460

Key	BIB35460
Reference type	Book Section
Title	Bounded Religious Communities' Management of the Challenge of New Media : Bahá’í Negotiation with the Internet
Book title	Social Media and Religious Change
Series title	Religion and Society
Author	Campbell, Heidi A. and Fulton, Drake
Editor	Gillespie, Marie, Herbert, David Eric John and Greenhill, Anita
Year	2013
Publisher	De Gruyter
Place published	Berlin ; Boston [etc.]
ISBN	9783110270457 3110270455 9783110270488 311027048X
Abstract	"The negotiation of new forms of media by religious groups is a dynamic and complex process that involves decision-making engaging the history, tradition and beliefs of the community. This negotiation process is especially complex for bounded religious communities, which establish rigid social and valueladen boundaries allowing them to create and maintain a unique and separate cultural system. Observing how members of bounded religious communities interact with the Internet enables us to consider how some groups resist the fluidity of networked relations and instead use technology to maintain closed social structures and solidify their unique identities. This is clearly seen in the case of the Bahá’í faith, especially in the patterns of use and limits American Bahá’ís have developed to engage with the Internet. By using the Religious Social Shaping of Technology approach, developed by Campbell (2010), as a lens to explore the challenges and choices made by the Bahá’ís, this process of technological negotiation is unpacked." The authors show some weakness in their understanding of the Covenant--stating, for instance, that anyone can label someone who posts something contrary to Bahá'í teachings as a covenant-breaker, a notion that is completely erroneous. Cautions are not the same as prohibitions, and exhortations to wisdom do not amount to control or censorship.
Language	English
Keywords	MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL CHANGE; CONTROVERSIAL
Pages	185–200
Section	10.
Series volume	53
Call number	BL638 201.7
Accession number	ocn862963274
File attachments	internal-pdf://3878831212/Campbell - Bounded_Religious_Communities_Manag.pdf

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