Contribution to Book
Religion, Gender, and Digital Media
International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication
(2020)
Abstract
The study of digital media and gender suggests that digital tools can help break binaries and existing institutions, but also operate within existing gendered cultural systems. In the case of religious institutions and cultural systems, digital media is currently playing a significant role in framing, constructing, enforcing, negotiating, and resisting traditional gender and sexual norms. This is exemplified in online communities, such as the Gay Christian Network (rebranded in 2018 as Q Christian Fellowship), and Christian bloggers calling wives to obey their husbands. Therefore, scholars of religion and gender online argue that digital communication is pivotal in constructing a personal identity and the religious social structures at large. This entry will explore further prime examples from scholarship regarding the roles that digital media play in the construction and negotiation of gender and sexual norms in religious communities.
Keywords
- authority,
- digital media,
- digital religion,
- identity,
- religion,
- social media
Disciplines
Publication Date
July 8, 2020
Editor
Karen Ross
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Series
Wiley Blackwell-ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication
ISBN
9781119429128
DOI
10.1002/9781119429128.iegmc033
Citation Information
Ruth Tsuria. "Religion, Gender, and Digital Media" HobokenInternational Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ruth-tsuria/16/