Forging Chinese Christian Digital Fellowship: Social Media and Transnational Connectivity

Autor:	Francis Khek Gee Lim, Sng Bee Bee
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	060101 anthropology 05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography Media studies 0601 history and archaeology Social media 06 humanities and the arts Sociology 050701 cultural studies Forging
Zdroj:	Religion, Hypermobility and Digital Media in Global Asia ISBN: 9789048552108 Religion, Hypermobility and Digital Media in Global Asia
DOI:	10.5117/9789463728935_ch05
Popis:	The chapter addresses two main questions: ‘Why do Chinese Christians seek to establish transnational connections through religion?’ and ‘How are these connections established?’ It first discusses how the ubiquity of mobile social media has enabled Chinese Christians to use social media for religious communication. This is followed by an examination the Christian concept of fellowship as the key to understanding the formation of transnational Christian networks via social media. Two processes in social media, namely, media mixing and intercontextuality, facilitate the integration of the ‘religious’ into Christian users’ daily lives. In this sense, Chinese Christian transnational fellowship in social media is also about the practice of everyday religion. The chapter also examines some limitations of the use of social media for building fellowship, particularly with reference to China’s political environment and Internet regulatory regime.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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