جامعه شناسی دین دین پژوهی English Bloomsbury Academic 2016 Table of contents :,Cover page,Halftitle page,Series page,Title page,Copyright page,Contents,Figures,Contributors,Acknowledgements,Introduction: Digital Methodologies in the Sociology of Religion,The sociology of religion: A (very) brief discussion,Digital religion or belief,Reflecting on methods,What about ethics?,Structure of the book,Chapter summaries,Concluding thoughts,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 Dudley Mosque,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 Online–Offline Approach,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 using Multimodal Corpus- assisted Critical Discourse Analysis,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 text Shakkour, Suha Author Cheruvallil-Contractor, Sariya Author Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor; Suha Shakkour Author book 9781474256292 1403-02-28 1403-02-30