Religiosity and Cyberspace: a Meta-Analysis on the Studies of Religion and Cyberspace

Abstract: This paper focuses on the impact of cyberspace on religiosity in Iran through reviewing previous studies. The situation of religion in the age of the internet has always been a major matter of concern for Iranian scholars and policy makers. Accordingly, there have been many researchers who have addressed and approached this problem but there has been no comprehensive understanding of the impact of the internet on religiosity, as no comparative study has been conducted to date. This paper applies meta-analysis as the method for reviewing previous attempts while trying to gather all the data by classifying problems, methods, theoretical approaches and more importantly their results. The outcome of this study is to indicate the impact of cyberspace on religiosity and religious identity, apart from classifying and clarifying the status of religiosity in Iran. Having a stronger religious identity causes less online misbehaviors like searching and engaging in pornography. It also indicat

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Journal of Cyberspace Studies ; 2 (2018) 2 ; 205-228

Klassifikation
Religion, Religionsphilosophie

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2018
Urheber
Chitsaz, Mohammad Javad
Hosseini Moghaddam, Mohammad

DOI
10.22059/jcss.2018.254328.1015
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019051712551009563013
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte

  • Chitsaz, Mohammad Javad
  • Hosseini Moghaddam, Mohammad

Entstanden

  • 2018

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