Books

This anthology collects some of the best and most current research and reflection on the complex interactions between religion and computer mediated communication (CMC). 

The contributions cohere around the central question: how will core religious understandings of identity, community and authority shape and be (re)shaped by the communicative possibilities of digital & social media?

Book sections include theorizing digital religion, empirical investigations and historical and theological examinations.

Foreword by Stewart Hoover & Contributors include Daniel Arasa, Lynne Baab, Heidi Campbell, Lorenzo Cantoni, Sam Han, Bernie Hogan, Peter Horsfield, Tim Hutchings, Mark Johns, Stine Lomberg, Knut Lundby, Bala Ahmadu Musa, Ibrahim Ahmadu Musa, Emanuele Rapetti, Jørgen Straarup, Stefano Tardini, Sara Vannini, and Barry Wellman. 

This volume offers theoretical insights, 
fresh evidence and rich applications in assessing the nature of digital culture(s) & mediated global society(ies).

 Chapters explore what happens in praxis when digital media are implemented across cultures and are contested and negotiated within complex local and political conditions. 
 
Special attention is given to showcasing prominent interpretative and critical research from diverse voices in multiple locations across the world and with varying backgrounds. 

As such, this volume presents a rich and colorful tapestry that offers opportunities for comparative analyses and deepened international understandings of digital media connections, particularly in the areas of identity, community and politics.  

Winner of the Outstanding co-authored Book of the Year Award, 
International and Intercultural Division, 
National Communication Association

Narrative Landmines explores how rumors fit into and extend narrative systems and ideologies, particularly in the context of terrorism, counter-terrorism, and extremist insurgencies.
Its concern is to foster understanding of how oral and digital cultures work alongside economic, diplomatic, and cultural factors that influence the struggles between states and non-state actors in the proverbial battle of hearts and minds. 

Beyond face-to-face communication, the book also address the role of new and social media in the creation and spread of rumors.