书目名称 | Muslims and the New Information and Communication Technologies |
副标题 | Notes from an Emergi |
编辑 | Thomas Hoffmann,Göran Larsson |
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概述 | Up to date research on new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and their interrelationship with Muslims and the interpretation of Islam.Provides emphasis on mundane aspects of ICT-use as |
丛书名称 | Muslims in Global Societies Series |
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描述 | This volume deals with the so-called new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and their interrelationship with Muslims and the interpretation of Islam. This volume taps into what has been labelled Media Studies 2.0, which has been characterized by an intensified focus on everyday meanings and ‘lay’ users – in contrast to earlier emphases on experts or self-acclaimed experts. This lay adoption of ICT and the subsequent digital ‘literacy’ is not least noticeable among Muslim communities. According to some global estimates, one in ten internet users is a Muslim. This volume offers an ethnography of ICT in Muslim communities.The contributors to this volume also demonstrate a new kind of moderation with regard to more sweeping and avant-gardistic claims, which have characterized the study of ICT previously. This moderation has been combined with a keen attention to the empirical material but also deliberations on new quantitative and qualitative approaches to ICT, Muslims and Islam, for instance the digital challenges and changes wrought on the Qur’an, Islam’s sacred scripture.As such this volume will also be relevant for people interested in the study of ICT and the bloomin |
出版日期 | Book 2013 |
关键词 | Cyber Islam/Muslims; Digital DIY Muslims; Ethnography of Cyber Islam; ICT and Islam; ICT and Muslims; Isl |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7247-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-024-0231-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-7247-2Series ISSN 2452-1361 Series E-ISSN 2543-053X |
issn_series | 2452-1361 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 |