Japanese religions on the Internet : innovation, representation and authority /: innovation, representation and authority. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader and Birgit Staemmler.
• Other Names: Baffelli, Erica, 1976-; Reader, Ian, 1949-; Staemmler, Birgit, 1967-
• Contents: Media and religion in Japan / Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader, and Birgit Staemmler -- Internet and religion in Japan : innovation, representation, and authority / Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader, and Birgit Staemmler -- The situation of Japanese traditional Buddhism in the Web2.0 era : who attacks and who guards the religion? / Fukamizu Kenshin -- Preserving the dignity of Shinto shrines in the age of the Internet : a social context analysis / Kurosaki Hiroyuki -- The Shikoku pilgrimage online : official sites, promotion, commerce, and the replication of authority / Ian Reader -- Pilgrim leadership rendered in HTML : bloggers and the Shikoku Henro / John Shultz -- Charismatic blogger? : authority and new religions on the Web 2.0 / Erica Baffelli -- Caught in the net : celebrity representation and Japanese religion from historical and contemporary perspectives / Benjamin Dorman -- Shaping shamanism online : patterns of authority in Wikipedia / Birgit Staemmler -- Reflexive self identification of Internet users and the authority of Ska Gakkai : analysis of discourse in Japanese BBS, Ni-channeru / Tamura Takanori and Tamura Daiyu -- Conclusions and issues for future research / Erica Baffelli, Ian Reader and Birgit Staemmler.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (242 pages), (5 illustrations)
• Subjects: 200.952; RELIGION / Eastern; Religion and sociology -- Japan; Internet -- Religious aspects; RELIGION / General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136827822
• Related ISBNs: 113682782X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.