Today I came across a review of my new book When Religion Meets New Media that appeared this month in Communication Research Trends, a quarterly journal focused on state of the field and review essays on research related to media, religion and culture. I was pleasantly surprised to find this summary and assessment written by Claire Badaracco of Marquette University online, and honored by her description of my book stating...
Heidi Campbell examines how religions negotiate borders and the social and cultural processes of meaning-making using new media technology. This work has advanced the field as Campbell makes a compelling case for her argument that a robust scholarly approach within the study of media, religion, and culture is needed as it applies to media technology. The author provides the rigorous, comprehensive level of analysis grounding her discussion in the history and traditions of the community as determinative of the currency and wisdom informing new media use, and how orthodox and fundamentalist believers' "core values" (p. 88) contextualize their uses of new media.
To read the full review which provides a detailed description of the book's contents check out this link.
6 comments:
Hey, congratulations, Heidi. How do you feel on getting a good review?
It is great to know that my research is being well recieved and is seen a useful!
Congrats! But I think that 'When MEDIA Meets New RELIGION' is an altogether different book, perhaps an upcoming one? ;)
Denis Bekkering
Ah, good catch Denis, have change the title in the blog as that would definitely be a very different though interesting book. I hope someone out there will write that one...
IS VERY GOOD..............................
Hello Heidi,
I am a student at the University of Ottawa up there in Canada. Your book is nowhere to be found either through libraries (out on loan till en of April) or in book stores(out of print presently, apparently) and I would really like to obtain a copy. I tried to buy online via Routledge. However, although I fill all the necessary fields, I keep getting error messages.
Any suggestions on how I can get a hold on it? I am kind of in a hurry as the clock is ticking and my paper is due in two weeks. I would have liked to consult it before writing it.
Thanks
Joanne Prescott
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