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Religiosity and Cyberspace: a Meta-Analysis on the Studies of Religion and Cyberspace
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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 addr... view more
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 indicates using cyberspace for recreational purposes compared to using it for communication or gathering information etc. makes the users more likely to have a weaker religious identity.... view less
Keywords
Internet; religious factors; religiousness; sociology of religion; interactive media; electronic media; digital media; leisure time behavior; deviant behavior; Iran
Classification
Interactive, electronic Media
Sociology of Religion
Free Keywords
cyberspace; meta-analysis; religious identity
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 205-228
Journal
Journal of Cyberspace Studies, 2 (2018) 2
ISSN
2538-6255
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed