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From socialization to self-socialization? Exploring the role of digital media in the religious lives of young adults in Ghana, Turkey, and Peru
Autor(es)
Moberg, Marcus
Sjö, Sofia
Kwaku Golo, Ben-Willie
Erdiş Gökçe, Habibe
Benyah, Francis
Villacrez Jó, Mauricio Javier
Fecha de publicación
2019
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Volume
49
Issue
2
Series/Report No.
Religion
Resumen
Previous research has pointed to the central role of media for the current young adult generation when it comes to finding information about religion, exploring beliefs, and developing a religious identity. This article explores how young adult university students in three different contexts – Ghana, Turkey, and Peru – report using digital media for religious purposes. The article builds on previous research on the role of media in religious socialization and explores the usefulness of the notion of self-socialization in a transnational study. The studied contexts are all shown to differ when it comes to levels of self-reported religiosity and use of media for religious purposes. The article illustrates the independent use of digital media in all contexts and self-socialization taking place on a general level, but also highlights the continuous importance of traditional socialization agents, thus questioning simplistic understandings of the role of media in religious socialization.
Citation
Moberg, M., Sjö, S., Golo, B. K., Gökçe, H. E., Hart, R. F., Cardenas, S. C., Benyah, F., y Jó, M. J. V. (2019). From socialization to self-socialization? Exploring the role of digital media in the religious lives of young adults in Ghana, Turkey, and Peru. Religion, 49(2), 240-261. https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721x.2019.1584353
Nivel de acceso
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb
Campo del conocimiento OCDE
Sponsor(s)
1YARG was an Åbo Akademi University Centre of Excellence 2015–2018 and funded by the Academy of Finland 2015–2019 (no. 288730).