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Author(s): Sariya Cheruvallil Contractor Suha Shakkour

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Year: 2015

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Author: Sariya Cheruvallil Contractor, Suha Shakkour

Within an era of growing reliance on digital technologies to instantly and effectively express our beliefs, values and allegiances, the interest in digital methodologies among sociologists of religion continues to increase. Digital Methodologies in the Sociology of Religion addresses a gap in the literature for a text that explores the epistemological underpinnings and rationale for the use of digital methodologies. It considers the implementation difficulties of researching religion online and reflects on the ethical dilemmas faced by sociologists of religion when using digital research methods. In doing so it sets a precedent that future scholars can utilise and follow. This pioneering volume brings together established and emerging scholars, including William Bainbridge, Heidi Campbell, and Paul Weller, to consider the methodological issues associated with the sociology of religion. Global case studies draw on, for example, the use of social media as a method for researching discrimination on the basis of religious or non-religious belief, religion and identity in virtual worlds, digital communication within religious organisations, and young people’s diverse expressions of faith online. Additionally, boxed tips are provided throughout the text to serve as reminders of tools that readers may use in their own research projects. Digital Methodologies in the Sociology of Religion is ideal for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers employing digital methodologies within their own research.

Digital Methodologies in the Sociology of Religion 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part 1 Digitizing Research in the Sociology of Religion

1 Methodological Challenges, Innovations and Growing Pains in Digital Religion Research

Four waves of research on digital religion

Conclusion

2 Surveying the Religious and Non-Religious Online

Introduction

Research contexts

Methodologies

Ethical considerations

The selection of survey tools

Sampling and recruitment

Framing effective questions

Concluding refl ections

3 Online Crowdsourcing Methods for Identifying and Studying Religious Groups as Special Populations

Introduction

Hidden population research in the digital age

Crowdsourcing through online labour markets

Methods for identifying special populations online

Application to the study of US Muslims

Strengths of this approach

Challenges of this approach

Other considerations

Part 2 Social Networking Sites and Digital Ethnography

4 Facebook as Anti- social Media: Using Facebook Groups to Engage Opponents to the Building of Dudle

Facebook: anti- social media

Approaches to using Facebook groups

Navigating ‘social disruption’

Ethics and engagement

Beyond the findings

Facebook groups as outlets

5 Analysing YouTube Interaction: A Discourse-centred Approach

Introduction

Doing research on YouTube

Data collection and analytic methods

Reflections

6 Online Sufism: Methodological Thoughts on Researching Esoteric Islam in an Online Context

Online Sufi sm: A complicated research fi eld

‘Online Sufi sm’ – a conundrum of sorts

Methodology: A first look

Summary findings: Who are these online Sufis?

Methodology: A detailed exploration

Ethics: Blurry boundaries and new definitions

Concluding thoughts and reflections

7 Studying Digital Hinduism

Introduction

Globalization

Rational choice theory

Methodology

Ethics

Reflections

8 Young Sikhs’ Religious Engagement Online

Introduction

Methodology

Semi-structured interviews

Online survey

Summary findings

Reflexivity and researcher standpoint

Ethics

Reflections

Part 3 Digital Communication

9 Studying Apps: Research Approaches to the Digital Bible

Introduction

The research context

Methodology

Ethics

Reflections

10 Videoconferencing as a Tool Facilitating Feminist Interviews with Muslim Women Who Wear the Niqab

Introduction

Videoconferencing: An online research method on the rise

Feminist interviews and videoconferencing

Practical considerations

Opening the interview

The importance of the interview setting in videoconference interviews

Leaving the field

Concluding thoughts about the use of videoconference interviews for feminist research

11 Religious Organizations on the Internet: A Model to Analyse Communication Effectiveness

The internet and religious institutions

The Online Communication Model ( OCM )

Application of the OCM to a religious non-profit organization

Pros and Cons of the OCM

The challenges of online communication for religious organizations

Glossary

12 Researching Authority in Religious Organizations from a Communicative Perspective: A Connective O

Researching religious authority in organizations from a communicative perspective

Cultivating multilevel perspectives on religious authority

Using a connective online–offl ine approach to research religious authority: An illustrative case

Research challenges

Part 4 Virtual Reality and Religion

13 Online Ethnographic Research: Avatars in Virtual Worlds

Introduction

Virtual cathedrals

Data collection

Social, cultural and ethical issues

Demystification of religion

14 Researching Religion, Digital Games and Gamers: (E-)Merging Methodologies

Introduction

Religion in digital games

Games analysis: Practical approaches

Summary

15 The G-d in the Machine: Studying the Representation and Performance of Judaism in Video Games usi

Research context

Background information

Studying religion in games

Jewish discourses in video games

Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)

What is a Corpus?

How is a Multimodal Corpus compiled?

Outline of methodology

Ethical considerations within this research

Reflections

Glossary

Afterword: Digital Methodologies in the Sociology of Religion – What next?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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